From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Windows 9X without KernelEx Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:26:46 +0300 Message-ID: <8634pfy289.fsf@gnu.org> References: <875xub8sn8.fsf.ref@yahoo.com> <875xub8sn8.fsf@yahoo.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="18215"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Po Lu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 14 17:27:43 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sI8q6-0004Vj-IX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:27:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sI8pG-0005yj-Al; Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:26:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sI8pE-0005yI-Nk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:26:48 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sI8pE-0008KE-Df; Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:26:48 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=enHCpypWIfJHxXqYDMkEWecKtYUAq64wAH7m1pWdogY=; b=PXv4uQ362W4h YDJ2SOtUIxBK0hbwIItuieme/DnqAR2jL4rI1zM9o0OozlDlZFAoxS6STT7Ncs3kyRPlsqrtFwnTa NpYf6Wbon6+yb3VEhoB0j4RK+muWZ6HyKVnMNYco0A/t/wCEcYwVDMAOuKXdBlCHIB5ddQNrXLYbB UxUwa2Lrgv+T8ZGcqYHpTvrm5Ojt0knCWAQ9JekqExGMEKhDII0qUWH8ujsX1djChvQzTJK8DqbpK D8N77vBjx1FbAqk76QTm9NGI8K0X4qMIO4V72Z7aVcUs5u3RT0SfUUCOVP5XAjETu3aQyq+SOKfAW Mj1Fli55DMm4gKC05Mh9EQ==; In-Reply-To: <875xub8sn8.fsf@yahoo.com> (emacs-devel@gnu.org) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:320078 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 23:12:59 +0800 > From: Po Lu via "Emacs development discussions." > > Having become concerned that Emacs doesn't function on the complete set > of systems advertised in nt/README*, and after a comparison of the > symbol imports of emacs.exe with those exported by system libraries on > MS-Windows 95 confirmed my fears, I've produced a patch that should > enable Emacs to function on all Windows 9X systems with UNICOWS.DLL, > whether or not KernelEx is installed. It further converts the linker > dependency on USP10.DLL to an optional dependency, because information > on the internet as to the availability of USP10.DLL on Windows 95 is too > ambiguous and contradictory to be trusted. > > It has not been put to the test, but barring glaring oversights or > prejudice to modern Windows users, might this be installed now in its > untested condition? Otherwise we are liable to proceed to more > important business till the release, by which time it will be far too > late. We never really supported Windows 95, only Windows 98. So I don't think it makes sense to introduce all this complexity now, just to add Windows 95 to the soup. Or are you saying that there are problems on Windows 98 as well?