DOS ain't dead

GNU Emacs 23.0 (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 29.12.2008, 22:58

> Rugxulo wrote:
>
> > You can (like I did) compile GNU Emacs 22.3 from srcs for DJGPP
>
> > anybody cares to compile it themselves: 39 MB .tar.gz srcs,
> > unpacks to 150 MB on NTFS or worse on FAT
>
> Good to know the difference between the good and the evil in advance !
>

Most of that is necessary Elisp files and other (unneeded for DOS) fluff since it's the source package. You could make a minimal package in a few MB. GNU Emacs is not meant to be truly small, though, just insanely powerful.

Eli Z. says on comp.os.msdos.djgpp that 23.0 is gearing up for release, so anybody wanting to try compiling from CVS is welcome. And he will make a binary package if enough interest is shown. I think it's worth the upgrade (unless you like old "non-UTF8" 20.5 or prefer something else, but it's really quite powerful and very very useful for some things).

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