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Subject: Re: Please install this doc change for me.
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> --- a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi
> +++ b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi
[...]
> +  MS-Windows is a non-free operating system; that means it denies its

This is the manual for the "MS-DOS" version of Emacs, not the MS-Windows
version, AFAIK.  Also, AFAIK this version should also work under
FreeDOS, so maybe the text should mention FreeDOS, just like the macOS
text mentions GNUstep.


        Stefan


PS: Wondering if it might also work under DOSBox.