> Well, I was messing around a little with the new FreePascal Compiler for DOS.
> Basically, what ships requires DOS LFN support. Many units, libraries and > executables > are longer than the 8.3 standard file names. > It would be a lot of tedious work to migrate it to completely support 8.3 > names. > I don’t know if the effort is worth it or not. I know I don’t have the time > to do it. > So basically, unless someone else ports it’s file names that leaves three > options. > 1) stick with the current version. > 2) leave it alone and require DOSLFN. assuming this works: leave it alone and require DOSLFN. btw: I personally find crossdeveloping from my machine with 2 big 1600*1200 monitors, many windows, firefox, ... much more productiv then developing on DOS itself. and then lomg filenames are there 'automatically' YMMV Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
