Mail Archives: djgpp/2017/06/19/22:00:10
On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 17:51:52 +0200
Tomas By <tomas AT basun DOT net> wrote:
> I am trying to run DJGPP Emacs on an Omnibook 300, and get a crash
> (see [link]).
>
> I note there is a known problem with PCMCIA drivers on Thinkpads, and
> suspect it may be something related here. (I believe there is BIOS
> PCMICA support on the Omnibook.)
>
> Am not running HIMEM.SYS or EMM386.SYS. Have 2MB of RAM apparently.
>
> Is this a known problem? Any workarounds? Have I missed something?
>
The easiest solution is probably to just find another editor. You're
severely memory constrained.
Emacs clone links (about 9 claiming to be for DOS)
http://texteditors.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?EmacsFamily
One of them is only 4K. The few links I checked seemed to be good.
I also found these via Google:
NotGNU Emacs
http://www.notgnu.org/
MicroEmacs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroEMACS
http://www.mtxia.com/fancyIndex/Tools/Editors/MicroEMACS/me312dmpi.exe
Clone of GNU Emacs
https://github.com/NicolasPetton/emacs
Jove
https://opensource.com/article/17/1/jove-lightweight-alternative-vim
ftp://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/cs/ftp/pub/moraes/jove/
GNU Zile (has Zemacs, lightweight Emacs clone)
https://www.gnu.org/software/zile/
Anyway, there are lots more. Just enter "DOS Emacs clone" into a
Google search. GIYF. I'm not sure if some of those are actually for
DOS or are compiled for it, but a few were.
But, if you REALLY need to get DJGPP's Emacs port working, then ...
Have you already tried the FAQ answers (section a) for low memory
machines?
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/faq3_9.html
Does symify report anything? I.e., C:\>symify emacs
You might try some of the other suggestions in sections b, c, d, also.
I see that the FAQ says to not use HIMEM.SYS with low quantities of RAM.
If the various FAQ suggestions don't work, have you attempted to use
HIMEM.SYS? HIMEM has some options which might free up some memory.
Also, have you played around with FILES, BUFFERS, and STACKS settings
in CONFIG.SYS, e.g., reducing them from the default settings since they
consume memory.
IIRC, you're going to have a difficult time getting anything to run
well on DOS without at least 32MB of memory. What make and version of
DOS are you using? Perhaps, someone knows of a lighter weight DOS or a
better version for your PC.
Rod Pemberton
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