From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Thu, 30 Jan 1997 07:25:50 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
To:	Super-User <root AT gameboutique DOT co>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: FreeWin95 Project
In-Reply-To:	<5codlu$hu3@flex.uunet.pipex.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.LNX.3.95.970130072217.1073D-100000@capslock.com>
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On 29 Jan 1997, Super-User wrote:

> > Yeah!! Too simple...
> > Anyways,what does or should WINE do?
> > Coz if it's supposed to run win95 apps too on LINUX then GO FOR IT and
> > leave that crappy win95 alone. If it's only for win 3.1 apps...
> 
> as far as i know it only does win 3.1 stuff. however it supposedly does a
> pretty good job of them.

WINE does Win 3.1, Win '95, Win NT emulation.  Here is the output of
WINE's command line usage:

Usage:  wine [options] program_name [arguments]

Options:
    -allowreadonly  Read only files may be opened in write mode
    -backingstore   Turn on backing store
    -debug          Enter debugger before starting application
    -debugmsg name  Turn debugging-messages on or off
    -depth n        Change the depth to use for multiple-depth screens
    -desktop geom   Use a desktop window of the given geometry
    -display name   Use the specified display
    -dll name       Enable or disable built-in DLLs
    -fixedmap       Use a "standard" color map
    -iconic         Start as an icon
    -ipc            Enable IPC facilities
    -language xx    Set the language (one of En,Es,De,No,Fr,Fi,Da,Cz,Eo,It,Ko)
    -managed        Allow the window manager to manage created windows
    -mode mode      Start Wine in a particular mode (standard or enhanced)
    -name name      Set the application name
    -perfect        Favor correctness over speed for graphical operations
    -privatemap     Use a private color map
    -synchronous    Turn on synchronous display mode
    -winver         Version to imitate (one of win31,win95,nt351)

As you can see, the "-winver" option sets what version of windows to
emulate.  Don't plan on running any useful programs though.  I've
gotten some of the crappy utilities that come with 3.1 to work but it
is far from useful yet.  I wish them luck though.  I've only ran a
couple win32 apps that worked ok.  One was Freecell, cant remember the
others.




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