# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1138554013 0 # Node ID bb56c788af45daddf0cc52c2db9fcaecfe3f6131 # Parent d6edbe83da9f6a78dbef87aa9868b3513069573a (MS-DOS): Rewrite intro to explain how this chapter relates to Windows. Title changed. diff -r d6edbe83da9f -r bb56c788af45 man/msdog.texi --- a/man/msdog.texi Sun Jan 29 16:59:57 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/msdog.texi Sun Jan 29 17:00:13 2006 +0000 @@ -3,25 +3,28 @@ @c 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node MS-DOS, Manifesto, Mac OS, Top -@appendix Emacs and MS-DOS +@appendix Emacs and Microsoft Systems @cindex MS-DOG +@cindex Microsoft Windows @cindex MS-DOS peculiarities - This section briefly describes the peculiarities of using Emacs under -the MS-DOS ``operating system'' (also known as ``MS-DOG''). If you -build Emacs for MS-DOS, the binary will also run on Windows 3.X, Windows -NT, Windows 9X/ME, Windows 2000, or OS/2 as a DOS application; the -information in this chapter applies for all of those systems, if you use -an Emacs that was built for MS-DOS. + This section briefly describes the peculiarities of using Emacs on +the MS-DOS ``operating system'' (also known as ``MS-DOG'') and on +Microsoft Windows. + + If you build Emacs for MS-DOS, the binary will also run on Windows +3.X, Windows NT, Windows 9X/ME, Windows 2000, or OS/2 as a DOS +application; all the of this chapter applies for all of those systems, +if you use an Emacs that was built for MS-DOS. - Note that it is possible to build Emacs specifically for Windows NT/2K -or Windows 9X/ME. If you do that, most of this chapter does not apply; -instead, you get behavior much closer to what is documented in the rest -of the manual, including support for long file names, multiple frames, -scroll bars, mouse menus, and subprocesses. However, the section on -text files and binary files does still apply. There are also two -sections at the end of this chapter which apply specifically for the -Windows version. + However, if you want to use Emacs on Windows, you would normally +build Emacs specifically for Windows. If you do that, most of this +chapter does not apply; instead, you get behavior much closer to what +is documented in the rest of the manual, including support for long +file names, multiple frames, scroll bars, mouse menus, and +subprocesses. However, the section on text files and binary files +does still apply. There are also two sections at the end of this +chapter which apply specifically for the Windows version. @menu * Keyboard: MS-DOS Keyboard. Keyboard conventions on MS-DOS.