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From: barryf@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Barry B. Floyd)
Subject: Re: MicroEMACS for Windows (was: A Good Windows Programmers Editor)
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References: <29514@cs.yale.edu> <29515@cs.yale.edu> <1991Mar17.161430.224@athena.mit.edu> <29526@cs.yale.edu> <2572@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk>
Date: 20 Mar 91 21:25:50 GMT
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scott@cs.hw.ac.uk (Scott Telford) writes:

>In article <29526@cs.yale.edu> spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky) writes:
>>
>>Another note: I found you can test for the DOS version as follows:
>>
>>!if &seq $version "3.10"
>>	; Whatever you want to do only on the DOS version, like
>>        ; setting colors or binding i-shell.
>>!endif
>>
>>This way you can use the same emacs.rc for both setups. The Windows
>>version sets $version to "3.10e".

>No! v3.10e does *not* refer to the Windows version! v3.10e was an
>ordinary interim release of uEMACS released sometime early last year.
>It just so happens that the Windows version was based on v3.10e.

>BTW, the *very* latest release is v3.10m - it's been available by FTP from
>midas.mgmt.purdue.edu since March 7. It's got various bugfixes, support
>for the NEC PC9801 and Fujitsu FMR-70 Japanese DOS machines, pop-up
>windows (like Jove), extended regexps and DOS & OS/2 file locking.
> _____________________________________________________________________________
>| Scott Telford, Dept of Computer Science,               scott@cs.hw.ac.uk    |
>| Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.                 scott%hwcs@ukc.uucp  |
>|_____ "Expect the unexpected." (The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy) ______|
 
Would someone load the latest version to CICA.CICA.INDIANA.EDU? It may be
out of date.
 
barry

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