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diff man/msdog.texi @ 38865:62e02f5ae533
Avoid saying "Unix" in a way that includes GNU.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Mon, 20 Aug 2001 01:19:30 +0000 |
parents | 0f05936702f1 |
children | 8be184904f6c |
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--- a/man/msdog.texi Mon Aug 20 01:14:55 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/msdog.texi Mon Aug 20 01:19:30 2001 +0000 @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ Printing commands, such as @code{lpr-buffer} (@pxref{Hardcopy}) and @code{ps-print-buffer} (@pxref{PostScript}) can work in MS-DOS and MS-Windows by sending the output to one of the printer ports, if a -Unix-style @code{lpr} program is unavailable. The same Emacs +Posix-style @code{lpr} program is unavailable. The same Emacs variables control printing on all systems (@pxref{Hardcopy}), but in some cases they have different default values on MS-DOS and MS-Windows. @@ -572,10 +572,10 @@ @cindex international support @r{(MS-DOS)} Emacs on MS-DOS supports the same international character sets as it -does on Unix and other platforms (@pxref{International}), including +does on GNU, Unix and other platforms (@pxref{International}), including coding systems for converting between the different character sets. -However, due to incompatibilities between MS-DOS/MS-Windows and Unix, -there are several DOS-specific aspects of this support that users should +However, due to incompatibilities between MS-DOS/MS-Windows and other systems, +there are several DOS-specific aspects of this support that you should be aware of. This section describes these aspects. @table @kbd @@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ @code{cp@var{nnn}} coding system at startup, it is normal for the mode line on MS-DOS to begin with @samp{-DD\-}. @xref{Mode Line}. Far-Eastern DOS terminals do not use the @code{cp@var{nnn}} coding -systems, and thus their initial mode line looks like on Unix. +systems, and thus their initial mode line looks like the Emacs default. Since the codepage number also indicates which script you are using, Emacs automatically runs @code{set-language-environment} to select the @@ -741,11 +741,11 @@ Spell checking also works, by means of special support for synchronous invocation of the @code{ispell} program. This is slower than the -asynchronous invocation on Unix. +asynchronous invocation on other platforms Instead of the Shell mode, which doesn't work on MS-DOS, you can use the @kbd{M-x eshell} command. This invokes the Eshell package that -implements a Unix-like shell entirely in Emacs Lisp. +implements a Posix-like shell entirely in Emacs Lisp. By contrast, Emacs compiled as native Windows application @strong{does} support asynchronous subprocesses. @xref{Windows