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author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2006-01-29 17:00:13 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2006-01-29 17:00:13 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man/msdog.texi b/man/msdog.texi index 782a239ed42..1724a1103fb 100644 --- a/man/msdog.texi +++ b/man/msdog.texi @@ -3,25 +3,28 @@ @c 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node MS-DOS, Manifesto, Mac OS, Top -@appendix Emacs and MS-DOS +@appendix Emacs and Microsoft Systems @cindex MS-DOG +@cindex Microsoft Windows @cindex MS-DOS peculiarities - This section briefly describes the peculiarities of using Emacs under -the MS-DOS ``operating system'' (also known as ``MS-DOG''). If you -build Emacs for MS-DOS, the binary will also run on Windows 3.X, Windows -NT, Windows 9X/ME, Windows 2000, or OS/2 as a DOS application; the -information in this chapter applies for all of those systems, if you use -an Emacs that was built for MS-DOS. - - Note that it is possible to build Emacs specifically for Windows NT/2K -or Windows 9X/ME. If you do that, most of this chapter does not apply; -instead, you get behavior much closer to what is documented in the rest -of the manual, including support for long file names, multiple frames, -scroll bars, mouse menus, and subprocesses. However, the section on -text files and binary files does still apply. There are also two -sections at the end of this chapter which apply specifically for the -Windows version. + This section briefly describes the peculiarities of using Emacs on +the MS-DOS ``operating system'' (also known as ``MS-DOG'') and on +Microsoft Windows. + + If you build Emacs for MS-DOS, the binary will also run on Windows +3.X, Windows NT, Windows 9X/ME, Windows 2000, or OS/2 as a DOS +application; all the of this chapter applies for all of those systems, +if you use an Emacs that was built for MS-DOS. + + However, if you want to use Emacs on Windows, you would normally +build Emacs specifically for Windows. If you do that, most of this +chapter does not apply; instead, you get behavior much closer to what +is documented in the rest of the manual, including support for long +file names, multiple frames, scroll bars, mouse menus, and +subprocesses. However, the section on text files and binary files +does still apply. There are also two sections at the end of this +chapter which apply specifically for the Windows version. @menu * Keyboard: MS-DOS Keyboard. Keyboard conventions on MS-DOS. |