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Re: win32os2

From	Paul Edwards <mutazilah@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
Subject	Re: win32os2
Date	2023-12-23 09:54 +0800
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On 23/12/23 04:22, Paul Edwards wrote:
> 2023-12-22  03:23p                 277 makebios.lnx

Actually it was makefile.lnp that I needed.

> So I should be able to have my own version
> of Wine. I didn't think of that. I have
> struggled so much to try to install Wine
> (without success), but the solution was
> right in front of me - thanks. So long as
> the calling convention is the same (cdecl),
> which it is, it should be fine.

It works, and is available at http://pdos.org
(search for win32lin).

I had to fix a bug first though.

> As for running OS/2 on Linux instead - this
> whole infrastructure is dependent on replacing
> at the C library level.

Another problem is that my exeload.c program
which loads a plethora of executable formats
does not yet have support for LX. It has NE
(to some extent) and PE though.

> Actually I have one more problem on Linux.
>
> I don't know which level it happens at, but
> the "MATE" terminal I use generates a single
> ESC when you press ESC. Which is normal, but
> ANSI X3.64 allows two ESC so that you don't
> need timing-sensitive code. And "my" apps like
> micro-emacs are dependent on those two ESC.
> So when I recompiled micro-emacs on Linux I
> have to press ESC twice. I have the same
> problem on Windows in fact when I activate
> their ANSI mode. I don't have that problem
> on OS/2 because I am required to provide the
> ANSI keyboard myself.

I confirmed that the problem still exists
under Linux (ie win32lin).

So OS/2 remains the best environment still. :-)

PDOS too.

BFN. Paul.

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win32os2 Paul Edwards <mutazilah@gmail.com> - 2023-12-22 15:46 +0800
  Re: win32os2 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2023-12-22 11:59 -0700
    Re: win32os2 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2023-12-22 12:01 -0700
      Re: win32os2 Paul Edwards <mutazilah@gmail.com> - 2023-12-23 04:22 +0800
        Re: win32os2 Paul Edwards <mutazilah@gmail.com> - 2023-12-23 09:54 +0800
    Re: win32os2 Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2023-12-23 15:43 -0800

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