Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 13:12:04 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Myknees AT aol DOT com
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: New User : Vi
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On Thu, 19 Feb 1998 Myknees AT aol DOT com wrote:

> It is version 19.34, which I got from the djgpp archives as
> binaries.

But is it the latest one?  What is the time stamp and the size of
emacs.exe that you use?

> I'm not sure I understand: is there a chance that I have an "old port" of
> version 19.34 and that I could solve the problem by getting 19.34
> again?

Emacs 19.34 was uploaded to SimTel.NET several times, each time with
more enhancements and bugfixes.  The last upload was in the last days
of December 1997.  Make sure you have that last release.

> If, for example, I went to the GNU site and downloaded version 20.2, it
> wouldn't be able to use the Windows clipboard, since you added that
> functionality to the version available in the djgpp archives.  Am I correct
> there?

No, this is incorrect.  DJGPP-specific features and bugfixes added to
Emacs 19.34 are included in the GNU sources of subsequent versions,
since I submit every change to the Emacs maintainers.  In particular,
the clipboard support is part of the official GNU sources of Emacs 20.2.

However, if you are serious about building v20.2, I suggest to apply
some DJGPP-specific patches first (I can mail them to you), since the
stock release has a couple of problems which I already fixed.  (I
don't intend to make a binary release of Emacs 20.2 because I still
couldn't test some of its major new features.)