@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 2004-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
@c
@c This file is included either in emacs-xtra.texi (when producing the
@ifnottex
@xref{Text and Binary}, for information
@end ifnottex
-about Emacs' special handling of text files under MS-DOS (and Windows).
+about Emacs's special handling of text files under MS-DOS (and Windows).
@menu
* Keyboard: MS-DOS Keyboard. Keyboard conventions on MS-DOS.
@kindex BS @r{(MS-DOS)}
The key that is called @key{DEL} in Emacs (because that's how it is
designated on most workstations) is known as @key{BS} (backspace) on a
-PC. That is why the PC-specific terminal initialization remaps the
+PC@. That is why the PC-specific terminal initialization remaps the
@key{BS} key to act as @key{DEL}; the @key{DELETE} key is remapped to act
as @kbd{C-d} for the same reasons.
Text mode, and others) by defining the relevant faces to use different
colors. Use the @code{list-colors-display} command
@iftex
-(@pxref{Frame Parameters,,,emacs, the Emacs Manual})
+(@pxref{Colors,,,emacs, the Emacs Manual})
@end iftex
@ifnottex
-(@pxref{Frame Parameters})
+(@pxref{Colors})
@end ifnottex
and the @code{list-faces-display} command
@iftex
so the bar cursor is horizontal, and the @code{@var{width}} parameter,
if specified by the frame parameters, actually determines its height.
For this reason, the @code{bar} and @code{hbar} cursor types produce
-the same effect on MS-DOS. As an extension, the bar cursor
+the same effect on MS-DOS@. As an extension, the bar cursor
specification can include the starting scan line of the cursor as well
as its width, like this:
@cindex frames on MS-DOS
The MS-DOS terminal can only display a single frame at a time. The
-Emacs frame facilities work on MS-DOS much as they do on text-only
+Emacs frame facilities work on MS-DOS much as they do on text
terminals
@iftex
(@pxref{Frames,,,emacs, the Emacs Manual}).
display more than a single frame at a time.
@cindex frame size under MS-DOS
-@findex mode4350
-@findex mode25
- The @code{mode4350} command switches the display to 43 or 50
-lines, depending on your hardware; the @code{mode25} command switches
+@findex dos-mode4350
+@findex dos-mode25
+ The @code{dos-mode4350} command switches the display to 43 or 50
+lines, depending on your hardware; the @code{dos-mode25} command switches
to the default 80x25 screen size.
By default, Emacs only knows how to set screen sizes of 80 columns by
@ifnottex
(@pxref{Init File})
@end ifnottex
-is called @file{_emacs} on MS-DOS. Excess characters before or after
+is called @file{_emacs} on MS-DOS@. Excess characters before or after
the period are generally ignored by MS-DOS itself; thus, if you visit
the file @file{LongFileName.EvenLongerExtension}, you will silently
get @file{longfile.eve}, but Emacs will still display the long file
for details about setting up printing to a networked printer.
Some printers expect DOS codepage encoding of non-@acronym{ASCII} text, even
-though they are connected to a Windows machine which uses a different
+though they are connected to a Windows machine that uses a different
encoding for the same locale. For example, in the Latin-1 locale, DOS
uses codepage 850 whereas Windows uses codepage 1252. @xref{MS-DOS and
MULE}. When you print to such printers from Windows, you can use the
The special features described in the rest of this section mostly
pertain to codepages that encode ISO 8859 character sets.
- For the codepages which correspond to one of the ISO character sets,
+ For the codepages that correspond to one of the ISO character sets,
Emacs knows the character set based on the codepage number. Emacs
automatically creates a coding system to support reading and writing
files that use the current codepage, and uses this coding system by
@cindex inferior processes under MS-DOS
@findex compile @r{(MS-DOS)}
@findex grep @r{(MS-DOS)}
- Because MS-DOS is a single-process ``operating system,''
+ Because MS-DOS is a single-process ``operating system'',
asynchronous subprocesses are not available. In particular, Shell
mode and its variants do not work. Most Emacs features that use
asynchronous subprocesses also don't work on MS-DOS, including
-Shell mode and GUD. When in doubt, try and see; commands that
+Shell mode and GUD@. When in doubt, try and see; commands that
don't work output an error message saying that asynchronous processes
aren't supported.
Pressing @kbd{C-c} or @kbd{C-@key{BREAK}} might sometimes help in these
cases.
- Accessing files on other machines is not supported on MS-DOS. Other
+ Accessing files on other machines is not supported on MS-DOS@. Other
network-oriented commands such as sending mail, Web browsing, remote
login, etc., don't work either, unless network access is built into
MS-DOS with some network redirector.
@cindex directory listing on MS-DOS
@vindex dired-listing-switches @r{(MS-DOS)}
- Dired on MS-DOS uses the @code{ls-lisp} package where other
-platforms use the system @code{ls} command. Therefore, Dired on
-MS-DOS supports only some of the possible options you can mention in
-the @code{dired-listing-switches} variable. The options that work are
-@samp{-A}, @samp{-a}, @samp{-c}, @samp{-i}, @samp{-r}, @samp{-S},
-@samp{-s}, @samp{-t}, and @samp{-u}.
+ Dired on MS-DOS uses the @code{ls-lisp} package
+@iftex
+(@pxref{ls in Lisp,,,emacs, the Emacs Manual}).
+@end iftex
+@ifnottex
+(@pxref{ls in Lisp}).
+@end ifnottex
+Therefore, Dired on MS-DOS supports only some of the possible options
+you can mention in the @code{dired-listing-switches} variable. The
+options that work are @samp{-A}, @samp{-a}, @samp{-c}, @samp{-i},
+@samp{-r}, @samp{-S}, @samp{-s}, @samp{-t}, and @samp{-u}.