From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: djgpp and windows 95 dos
Date:	Mon, 16 Dec 1996 00:22:38 -0800
Organization:	Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt
Lines:	34
Message-ID:	<32B506CE.128B@cs.com>
References:	<592fbd$8r0 AT clarknet DOT clark DOT net>
Reply-To:	fighteer AT cs DOT com
NNTP-Posting-Host:	ppp103.cs.com
Mime-Version:	1.0
To:	Guess <times9 AT clark DOT net>
DJ-Gateway:	from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp

Guess wrote:
> 
> Can I run DJGPP on the windows 95 version of DOS?
> I ran it long time ago on ver 6.22 of DOS, but someone told me
> that not all dos programs run on the windows 95 version of DOS.
> Thanks in advance or any input!

Of course - it's simple and easy.  DJGPP even supports the long filename
API under Windows 95, so if you want to get this support in your
programs just edit 'djgpp.env' and change the line that says:

+LFN=N

to

+LFN=Y

There can be some minor difficulties working with the DJGPP programs if
they were unzipped without long filenames, but now attempt to use them. 
Emacs in particular has this problem.  The DJGPP Frequently Asked
Questions list has several suggestions for what to do in this case. 
Also, I highly suggest that you upgrade to the latest DJGPP version
(v2.01) if you haven't already, because the LFN support is much, much
better than in v2.00.

Good luck!

-- 
---------------------------------------------------------------------
| John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I  |        fighteer AT cs DOT com         |
|    *  Proud user of DJGPP!  *    |   http://www.cs.com/fighteer   |
|    ObJoke:  If Bill Gates were a robber, not only would he        |
|     shoot you, but he'd send you a bill for the bullets.          |
---------------------------------------------------------------------

- Raw text -