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. Just because someone wrote about a problem does not mean using it to build Emacs will trigger the same one. And even if it does, report it nicely and someone might even fix it right away.