Date:	Wed, 20 Jan 93 08:46:43 -0500
From:	jshumate AT wrdis01 DOT robins DOT af DOT mil ( Shumate Jason;WR-ALC/DSMDC)
Subject:	Re: gcc-2.3.3 and curses
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

In your message of 19 Jan 1993 at 2232 EST, you write:
> 
> > Hi, there was some talk of porting the next version of gcc which
> > includes template support. Now gcc.2.3.3.tar.Z for the unix world is
> > at perp.ai.mnit.edu. I put it on my hp710 and it works. Maybe someone
> > will port it to djgpp? It would be nice to have the template support
> > on the pc's.
> 
> Well, as DJ has noted, the problem is that the filenames no longer
> conform to DOS conventions (no doubt RMS' devious plot to squash DOS
> ports ... <g>). I can do an OS/2 compile, I believe, without much
> problem, but to get native DOS, now I have to hack the source code
> for include filenames, etc. And the odds of RMS accepting such hacks
> back in the name of supporting MS-DOG, as he calls it, are quite low.
> 
> Haven't heard how he feels about OS/2, but I'm not holding my breath.
> 
> I'm not sure where to go from here .... any ideas, people?
> 
> alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org (J. Alan Eldridge)
> Fido: The University of Walamaloo 1:272/38.473
> 

For what it's worth, I think that maybe we should wait for another release
or two and see if RMS seems determined to keep long file names.  If it appears
that such is the case, then maybe someone should go ahead and hack the file
names down to DOS-acceptable lengths.  I know this would be an annoyance, but
it would hardly be the first time someone had to rename files to conform to
Messy-DOS limitations.

In another post, Alan Etheridge talked about his version of curses for DJGPP.
No offense intended, but I always thought the best bet would be to get PD
Curses to work under DJGPP, no small undertaking.  I tried once to port it
myself and had lots of problems.  I see that some kind soul has posted diffs
to enable us DJGPP users to use it, so I would recommmend trying that for
people who need Sys V curses compatibility.  I was able to get PC Curses 1.4
to work with DJGPP, but PD Curses 2.0 is much nicer, having color support and
a few other goodies.  For those who don't know, PD Curses supports most BSD
and SysV curses commands.
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