From: "Steven Taylor" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: <29772E4C85A6329A DOT A92118469FFBDE9A DOT BE07E58B325A3DF2 AT lp DOT airnews DOT net> Subject: Re: Why won't Allegro 3.11 and GRX compile under Windows 98 ? Lines: 8 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Organization: Internet Primus Message-ID: <931235945.584645@diddley.primus.com.au> Cache-Post-Path: diddley.primus.com.au!unknown AT ras591 DOT ports DOT adel DOT primus DOT com DOT au X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 14:07:50 +0930 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.134.0.92 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT telstra DOT net X-Trace: nsw.nnrp.telstra.net 931235944 203.134.0.92 (Tue, 06 Jul 1999 14:39:04 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 14:39:04 EST To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Is your home computer running DOS only (or DOS and Windoze 3.1x)? As far as I know, when installing and running DJGPP, you need long filename support. This says to me that DJGPP is for developing DOS apps in a windows 95 environment. Why does DJGPP come with so many long filenames? I have no idea. I think it stinks, but I put up with it because it's free.