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: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 16:22:42 +0300 Message-ID: <86ikyatk65.fsf@gnu.org> References: <875xub8sn8.fsf.ref@yahoo.com> <875xub8sn8.fsf@yahoo.com> <8634pfy289.fsf@gnu.org> <86zfrnwltc.fsf@gnu.org> <87wmmr6i5l.fsf@yahoo.com> <86ikyawv2v.fsf@gnu.org> <87jziq7k7v.fsf@yahoo.com> <86bk42wt9q.fsf@gnu.org> <87bk427ipp.fsf@yahoo.com> <867ceqwspc.fsf@gnu.org> <87y1765yv1.fsf@yahoo.com> <86tthutm8k.fsf@gnu.org> <87msnm5p2q.fsf@yahoo.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="581"; 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 Sat Jun 15 15:23:08 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 1sITN5-000AT2-V0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 15 Jun 2024 15:23:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sITMm-0003je-WC; Sat, 15 Jun 2024 09:22:49 -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 1sITMl-0003gN-Rw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jun 2024 09:22:47 -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 1sITMl-00032F-HD; Sat, 15 Jun 2024 09:22:47 -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=8UFBTV8rrGz+kG//Vs/XbAYifwckr+V9m1HxfePFLkU=; b=XK2++Mx2BS3C /1TLEZ7zHgPDxMUI5TbBjYcUrhpUIbjx6KFPlD/uAnrPRmYtikGgPBm+7fI+chuTYOEP3tpe8wCgT Mr7BOmcq8GCVTb6S4sYJBzbEcE9hrHuf2wGzbBaHFnaAgPDqORQfRpIuaRZPOhmmTz7n5W7RCgeEg 5uDD1Ix6zXmVscfn4BbNP4Q6FXiuL38BLo6DTlUHPqYIPzHaD0xmOCWIIfhOq960xCw+IldrYv+8Z djcJ3j7oFFUM4Ir+knX5SZOFtU3A4ycf3oN9ALaC0UJ3+w3qWWR8Pd75tLGvu+18o1fL74iCfoiIu D4zQLsmPAqeKX48SMA4LUw==; In-Reply-To: <87msnm5p2q.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Sat, 15 Jun 2024 21:10:37 +0800) 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:320139 Archived-At: > From: Po Lu > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 21:10:37 +0800 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > Please reread what I wrote in previous messages, I think I explained > > why we can expect usp10.dll to be available on any Windows 98 system > > that is in actual use. > > So far as existing installations that we're aware of are concerned, this > is true. Hence I'm not insisting on the Uniscribe change appearing in > Emacs 30, but what is the harm in applying it to Emacs 31? By your own > admission, Uniscribe is supposed to be obsolete, and the change will > enables at least myself to test Emacs without being required to manage a > private "DLL hell" or install Windoze Internet Exploder, whose Unix > edition has already given me enough grief for a lifetime. I'm not interested in complicating our code even a bit on behalf of this non-problem.