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Subject:	Re: DJGPP Linux port
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Date:	Sat, 23 Oct 1999 00:03:31 -0600
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Vladimir Mosgalin wrote:
> 
> Is there any Linux version of DJGPP?
> I want to use DJGPP libraries, headers, dpmi (emulated) functions
> under Linux.

What are you trying to do, specifically? The core of DJGPP, and any ANSI
or POSIX library functions are available in the standard gcc included in
all Linux distros.

The non-portable functions are just that, and are conveniences for
dealing with the native DOS bios calls in most part. If you have some
app in mind that is using conio, or similar functions, you may be able
to get it running under dosemu. I would doubt Allegro or similar
packages will fly on Linux. Anything I've ported from DOS to Linux has
been ANSI compliant, or has used interfaces such as Slang that were
ported to DOS in the first place, and are at home on *nix.

I would suggest if you are not trying to port a favorite app from DOS to
Linux that learning to use the native Linux tools will be more
productive.

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