GNU bug report logs - #8562
Emacs 23.1 and later don't work in windows 98

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: oslsachem <oslsachem <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8562 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8562: Emacs 23.1 and later don't work in windows 98
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:29:33 +0300

> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 01:41:59 +0200
> From: oslsachem <oslsachem <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 8562 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> But a new problem ( which maybe has been there all this time but there
> was no way for us to know about until now ) is apparent:
> 
> The *About GNU Emacs* buffer:
> 
> http://www.speedyshare.com/files/28780097/AboutEmacs.png
> 
> A GNU Emacs tooltip:
> 
> http://www.speedyshare.com/files/28780098/Emacs23ToolTips.png
> 
> A test of the *scratch* buffer:
> 
> http://www.speedyshare.com/files/28780099/Emacs23BufferTests.png

It could be that more Unicode functions have similar problems, because
they reside inside unicows.dll on Windows 9X.  Could you please look
up all the functions in w32font.c and w32uniscribe.c whose names end
with a `W', and see which ones of them are in unicows.dll?

Thanks.

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