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Re: Do we still need MSDOS support?
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From: Tatsuro M. <tma...@ya...> - 2018-04-05 23:18:40
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Oops! Correction: > I myself do not use MSDOS any longer but l do think that it is the time to kill > MSDOS. I myself do not use MSDOS any longer but l do >not< think that it is the time to kill MSDOS. ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA > To: Ethan A Merritt ; "gnuplot-beta > Cc: > Date: 2018/4/5, Thu 06:43 > Subject: Re: Do we still need MSDOS support? > > MSDOS works 16 bit but DJGPP works on 32bit. > > gnuplot no longer works on 16bit MSDOS but works on MSDOS with DJGPP extention. > > #ifdef MSDOS > is for now MSDOS with DJGPP. > > I myself do not use MSDOS any longer but l do think that it is the time to kill > MSDOS. > > Recently Bastian pushed a commit for MSDOS with DJGPP. > > [1eb149] by  Bastian Maerkisch > > Extend support for "set encoding locale" on non-Windows systems > > The Windows locale code also applies to DJGPP/MSDOS. Add a few more > explicit checks for other systems. Move the relevant code from misc.c|h > and winmain.c|h to encoding.c|h. > > Tatsuro > > --- gnuplot-beta >> A possibly foolish question from someone far outside the DOS/Windows > world... >> >> Many places in the gnuplot code are marked >> #ifdef MSDOS ... >> >> I thought that MSDOS referred to 16-bit legacy code that we >> no longer support. Maybe I am mistaken. >> >> Who/what needs this code? >> Should the test be replaced by a test for _WIN32 instead? >> >> Maybe or maybe not the same question- >> >> Can we get rid of the macros HUGE and GPFAR? >> Can we get rid of GP_FARMALLOC? >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> gnuplot-beta mailing list >> gnu...@li... >> Membership management via: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuplot-beta > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > gnuplot-beta mailing list > gnu...@li... > Membership management via: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuplot-beta > |
