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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, shanks.n@gmail.com
Subject: Re: C:\_emacs not being read
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:18:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1HxNJk-0005g4-0z@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <uwsycjym5.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:07:46 +0300)

    > .emacs is the standard name for Emacs's user init file. _emacs has
    > traditionally been additionally supported by the Windows port, because
    > the FAT16 file system was unable to represent the true name, but noone
    > uses FAT16 file systems anymore, and such use is deprecated.

What versions of Windows used FAT16?  And are we sure no one uses them now?
In many poor countries, lots of people use very old versions of Windows.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-06-10 13:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-09 15:52 C:\_emacs not being read Shanks N
2007-06-09 21:16 ` Jason Rumney
2007-06-10  3:07   ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-06-10  5:08     ` Drew Adams
2007-06-10  8:25     ` Jason Rumney
2007-06-10 18:48       ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-06-10 22:46         ` Jason Rumney
2007-06-10 13:18     ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2007-06-10 18:57       ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-06-10 22:37       ` Jason Rumney

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