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Tools/Shell command also has some problems in DOS (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 18.10.2008, 21:29

> there's another tiny problem, this time with the Tools/Shell command. In
> DOS, if I exit to the shell from the editor and try to launch another
> DOS-extended program, I experienced 4 results so far:
>
> 1. it runs without problems and "exit" returns to FTE.
> 2. it crashes with an exception, but at least "exit" returns to FTE.
> 3. it crashes and silently exits FTE as well, but I can continue to work.
> 4. it crashes and then freezes, only reset helps.
>
> regrettably 2.- 4. occur more often than 1. It seems that CWSDPMI r5
> doesn't like neither HX nor DOS4GW (i.e. Open Watcom tools).

Is this via "HDPMI32" or "HDPMI32 -r"? The latter may work better (or not, dunno). Also, try to disable NULL pointer protection (-x) in CWSDPMI via CWSPARAM. And maybe even copy / rename HDPMI32 to CWSDPMI and copy / rename DOS32A to DOS4GW. And don't forget w/ 1 GB RAM machines for r5 you can "lh CWSDPMI -sf:\ -p" (but F: should be a small RAM drive of several MBs). See if any of that helps. If you can specify exactly what command you're trying to run, I can try to duplicate it on my setup.

P.S. FTE supports folds, undo, accurate syntax highlighting, tags, etc. (which TDE doesn't). It's actually got some of the same code base as TDE, I think.

Complete thread:

• FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - rr, 16.10.2008, 16:32 (Announce)
  • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - Japheth, 16.10.2008, 18:38
    • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - Rugxulo, 16.10.2008, 23:52
    • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - Rugxulo, 17.10.2008, 01:32
      • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - Japheth, 17.10.2008, 07:58
        • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - DOS386, 18.10.2008, 00:57
    • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - rr, 17.10.2008, 10:06
      • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - DOS386, 18.10.2008, 01:00
        • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - marcov, 18.10.2008, 12:50
          • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) FPIDE @marcov - DOS386, 20.10.2008, 08:45
        • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - Rugxulo, 18.10.2008, 21:36
          • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - marcov, 26.10.2008, 11:51
            • GNU Emacs 22.3 for DOS/DJGPP - Rugxulo, 12.11.2008, 00:36
              • GNU Emacs 22.3 for DOS/DJGPP - Rugxulo, 25.11.2008, 06:42
      • Tools/Shell command also has some problems in DOS - Japheth, 18.10.2008, 14:28
        • Tools/Shell command also has some problems in DOS - Rugxulo, 18.10.2008, 21:29
          • highlights of FTE - DOS386, 19.10.2008, 01:27
            • highlights of FTE - rr, 20.10.2008, 15:02
          • Tools/Shell command also has some problems in DOS - Japheth, 19.10.2008, 10:03
            • Tools/Shell command also has some problems in DOS - DOS386, 20.10.2008, 09:26
              • Tools/Shell command also has some problems in DOS - Steve, 23.10.2008, 07:33
                • tc - DOS386, 25.10.2008, 01:22
                  • tc - Steve, 25.10.2008, 17:10
            • The most archaic abandonware ever ! only 1808 years old :-D - DOS386, 29.10.2008, 10:02
              • The most archaic abandonware ever ! only 1808 years old :-D - rr, 29.10.2008, 10:24
              • The most archaic abandonware ever ! only 1808 years old :-D - Japheth, 29.10.2008, 15:18
                • The most archaic abandonware ever ! only 1808 years old :-D - Rugxulo, 29.10.2008, 19:38
              • The most archaic abandonware ever ! only 1808 years old :-D - rr, 10.11.2008, 22:16
                • The most archaic abandonware ever ! only 1808 years old :-D - DOS386, 11.11.2008, 14:54
                  • The most archaic abandonware ever ! only 1808 years old :-D - rr, 11.11.2008, 20:28
                    • README.1ST for DOS release - ecm, 12.11.2008, 18:01
                    • vegi - DOS386, 29.12.2008, 01:55
                      • GNU Emacs 23.0 - Rugxulo, 29.12.2008, 22:58
                      • vegi - Steve, 02.01.2009, 08:20
  • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - Deniska, 17.10.2008, 02:51
    • FTE version 0.50.01-cvs available (port) - rr, 17.10.2008, 10:04