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From: agserm AT netwizards DOT net (Ansel Sermersheim)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: djgpp's make and DOS - a solution
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 05:05:24 GMT
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seth AT cs DOT brandeis DOT edu (Seth M. Landsman) wrote:

>Greets,
>	After using DJGPP for a long time now, I've always had one
>complaint that has never been addressed, which isn't the fault of
>djgpp.  GNU's make requires a tab to exist before every rule.
>Unfortunately, DOS edit, Aurora and most other DOS editors do not
>handle tabs very well (most of them strip them and replace them with
>spaces).

Sorry to burst your bubble, but ms-dog edit handles tabs, not exactly well,
but good enough for a makefile.  Just hit Ctrl+P, Tab to insert a tab.  It
doesn't look like a teb until you reload the file, but it works.
--- BEGIN GEEK PARAMETER BLOCK ---
-d?+ H+ s++:- g+++ !p !au a-- w+ v- C++++
N++ W++ M-- !V -po+ Y++ t+ 5++ G++ tv--
b++++ D+ B--- e* u* h! f++ n+++ !x+
--- END ---