DOS ain't dead

Agreed, I want FAR under DOS (DOSX)

posted by grompe , Russia, 28.04.2008, 13:43

I agree, it would be really great to run FAR manager under DOS using HX DOS Extender.
It's my favourite file manager.

Currently it only works under DosWin32.

Missing functions:

KERNEL32.dll:
  DefineDosDeviceA

USER32.dll:
  ShowWindowAsync
  GetKeyboardLayoutList
  VkKeyScanExA
  IsCharLowerA
  IsCharUpperA
 
WINSPOOL.drv:
  ClosePrinter
  EndDocPrinter
  WritePrinter
  StartDocPrinterA
  OpenPrinterA
  EnumPrintersA

SHELL32.dll:
  FindExecutableA
  ShellExecuteExA

I hacked far.exe to remove these imports, and it ran!

Although filenames were shown strangely with mixed case, it was able to browse directories, drives, launch programs, view and edit files and more.

For some reason it was unable to load any plugins. And everybody knows, the power in FAR is in its plugins.

Complete thread:

• HX-DOS and FAR manager - Laaca, 25.03.2008, 21:37 (DOSX)
  • HX-DOS and FAR manager - Steve, 26.03.2008, 01:08
    • File managers with ftp and terminal - Steve, 26.03.2008, 09:49
      • File managers with ftp and terminal - Laaca, 26.03.2008, 12:43
  • HX-DOS and FAR manager - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 03:30
    • HX-DOS and FAR manager - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 08:15
      • HX-DOS and FAR manager - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 13:18
        • HX-DOS and FAR manager - Laaca, 27.03.2008, 21:20
          • HX-DOS and FAR manager - rr, 28.03.2008, 23:50
  • HX-DOS and FAR manager - RayeR, 26.03.2008, 15:01
  • Agreed, I want FAR under DOS - grompe, 28.04.2008, 13:43
    • Agreed, I want FAR under DOS - rr, 28.04.2008, 14:04
      • Agreed, I want FAR under DOS - Japheth, 29.04.2008, 19:45
        • I'm not ready to submit patches - grompe, 29.04.2008, 20:20
  • FAR manager might work with hx (rt+gui) - Japheth, 22.03.2009, 21:42
    • FAR manager might work with hx (rt+gui) - Laaca, 23.03.2009, 19:33
      • FAR manager might work with hx (rt+gui) - rr, 23.03.2009, 21:00
      • FAR manager might work with hx (rt+gui) - Japheth, 24.03.2009, 04:06
        • FAR manager works better now - Japheth, 28.03.2009, 14:46
          • FAR manager works better now - Laaca, 29.03.2009, 22:41