[sorry for retrieving this old thread] On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Jim Meyering <j...@meyering.net> wrote: > Eli Zaretskii wrote: >>> From: Bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bast...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:37:08 +0100 >>> >>> (if and only if doslfn is buggy, and it does not seems according to >>> a quick search). >> >> Your search was too quick. > > Considering your wish to continue supporting emacs on DOS, > I would have thought you would jump at a possible solution like this. > If it works (and indications are that it does), then it defines > away the whole problem. Wouldn't you welcome the idea of a DOS > port with no risk of 8.3 collisions? > > What if the solution really is as easy as it appears? Here is a > recently-updated FAQ: > > http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs_freeware/what_lfn.htm.en > > Please give it an honest try before dismissing it
Moreover doslfn is activelly maintened. The upsteam release a new version in february. (http://adoxa.3eeweb.com/doslfn/), so time to drop 8.3 limitation in emacs build ? Bastien
