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Re: C:\_emacs not being read
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Jason Rumney |
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Re: C:\_emacs not being read |
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Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:37:39 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) |
Richard Stallman wrote:
> > .emacs is the standard name for Emacs's user init file. _emacs has
> > traditionally been additionally supported by the Windows port, because
> > the FAT16 file system was unable to represent the true name, but noone
> > uses FAT16 file systems anymore, and such use is deprecated.
>
> What versions of Windows used FAT16? And are we sure no one uses them now?
> In many poor countries, lots of people use very old versions of Windows.
>
Windows 95 supported FAT16 for upgrading from older 16 bit versions of
Windows, but it also supported FAT32 and came with a program you could
run to upgrade the filesystem in place. Support is probably still there,
since floppy disks often use FAT16, but it is rare to see a hard drive
formatted with it these days, even on old PCs since upgrading in place
is so easy.