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authorRichard M. Stallman2006-01-29 17:00:13 +0000
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3@c 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3@c 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. 4@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
5@node MS-DOS, Manifesto, Mac OS, Top 5@node MS-DOS, Manifesto, Mac OS, Top
6@appendix Emacs and MS-DOS 6@appendix Emacs and Microsoft Systems
7@cindex MS-DOG 7@cindex MS-DOG
8@cindex Microsoft Windows
8@cindex MS-DOS peculiarities 9@cindex MS-DOS peculiarities
9 10
10 This section briefly describes the peculiarities of using Emacs under 11 This section briefly describes the peculiarities of using Emacs on
11the MS-DOS ``operating system'' (also known as ``MS-DOG''). If you 12the MS-DOS ``operating system'' (also known as ``MS-DOG'') and on
12build Emacs for MS-DOS, the binary will also run on Windows 3.X, Windows 13Microsoft Windows.
13NT, Windows 9X/ME, Windows 2000, or OS/2 as a DOS application; the 14
14information in this chapter applies for all of those systems, if you use 15 If you build Emacs for MS-DOS, the binary will also run on Windows
15an Emacs that was built for MS-DOS. 163.X, Windows NT, Windows 9X/ME, Windows 2000, or OS/2 as a DOS
16 17application; all the of this chapter applies for all of those systems,
17 Note that it is possible to build Emacs specifically for Windows NT/2K 18if you use an Emacs that was built for MS-DOS.
18or Windows 9X/ME. If you do that, most of this chapter does not apply; 19
19instead, you get behavior much closer to what is documented in the rest 20 However, if you want to use Emacs on Windows, you would normally
20of the manual, including support for long file names, multiple frames, 21build Emacs specifically for Windows. If you do that, most of this
21scroll bars, mouse menus, and subprocesses. However, the section on 22chapter does not apply; instead, you get behavior much closer to what
22text files and binary files does still apply. There are also two 23is documented in the rest of the manual, including support for long
23sections at the end of this chapter which apply specifically for the 24file names, multiple frames, scroll bars, mouse menus, and
24Windows version. 25subprocesses. However, the section on text files and binary files
26does still apply. There are also two sections at the end of this
27chapter which apply specifically for the Windows version.
25 28
26@menu 29@menu
27* Keyboard: MS-DOS Keyboard. Keyboard conventions on MS-DOS. 30* Keyboard: MS-DOS Keyboard. Keyboard conventions on MS-DOS.