Date: Wed, 25 Nov 92 12:55:13 -0500
From: jshumate AT wrdis01 DOT robins DOT af DOT mil ( Shumate Jason;WR-ALC/DSMDC)
Subject: Re: Latest posted DEMACS
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Cc: sabrown AT pismire DOT llnl DOT gov

In your message of 25 Nov 1992 at 1222 EST, you write:
> 
> Does anyone know what the most recently posted version of DEMACS is
> and where it is?  More specifically I'm looking for something compiled
> with DJGPP 1.08 or 1.09.
> 
> Stewart Brown
> sabrown AT pismire DOT llnl DOT gov
> 
The most recent version of DEMACS is 1.02.  It can be found at SIMTEL20 in
<MSDOS.DEMACS> or at various SIMTEL mirror sites such as 
    wuarchive.wustl.edu in /mirrors/msdos/demacs
A version 1.03 was beta tested, but never officially released.  The Japanese
authors are working instead on MULE (Multi-Language Emacs) and appear to have
abandoned DEMACS altogether.  DEMACS was compiled with DJGPP 1.04.  If you
want one compiled with a more recent DJGPP, you'll have to do it yourself.
The Japanese authors hacked go32 quite a bit to fix some things that later
were taken care of.  Also, I seem to recall that they hacked the source code
a little in places where DJGPP had no corresponding library routine for various
UNIX system calls.  The recent changes in DJGPP probably eliminate the need
for most or all of these "fixes".  comp.editors.emacs has a monthly FAQ on
DEMACS that you might find interesting.
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