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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index d2ed10f2..df4a1942 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -35972,7 +35972,7 @@ function to tell if the input file is a terminal. (Hint: this function is usually expensive to call; try to call it just once.) The content of the prompt should come from a variable settable by @command{awk}-level code. -You can write the prompt to stanard error. However, +You can write the prompt to standard error. However, for best results, open a new file descriptor (or file pointer) on @file{/dev/tty} and print the prompt there, in case standard error has been redirected. @@ -37568,14 +37568,13 @@ provided the port to Amiga systems and its documentation. @item @cindex Deifik, Scott Scott Deifik -currently maintains the MS-DOS port using DJGPP. +maintained the MS-DOS port using DJGPP. @item @cindex Zaretskii, Eli Eli Zaretskii currently maintains the MS-Windows port using MinGW. - @item @cindex Grigera, Juan Juan Grigera @@ -38410,13 +38409,13 @@ or more detailed installation instructions. @appendixsubsubsec Compiling @command{gawk} for PC Operating Systems @ifclear FOR_PRINT -@command{gawk} can be compiled for MS-DOS, Windows32, and OS/2 using the GNU -development tools from DJ Delorie (DJGPP: MS-DOS only), MinGW (Windows32) or Eberhard +@command{gawk} can be compiled for MS-DOS, Windows32, and OS/2 using +MinGW (Windows32) or Eberhard Mattes (EMX: MS-DOS, Windows32 and OS/2). @end ifclear @ifset FOR_PRINT -@command{gawk} can be compiled for MS-DOS and Windows32 using the GNU -development tools from DJ Delorie (DJGPP: MS-DOS only) or MinGW (Windows32). +@command{gawk} can be compiled for Windows32 using +MinGW. @end ifset The file @file{README_d/README.pc} in the @command{gawk} distribution contains @@ -38434,10 +38433,8 @@ to be edited in order to work with your @command{make} utility. The @file{Makefile} supports a number of targets for building various MS-DOS and Windows32 versions. A list of targets is printed if the -@command{make} command is given without a target. As an example, to -build @command{gawk} using the DJGPP tools, enter @samp{make djgpp}. -(The DJGPP tools needed for the build may be found at -@uref{ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/}.) To build a +@command{make} command is given without a target. As an example, +to build a native MS-Windows binary of @command{gawk} using the MinGW tools, type @samp{make mingw32}. @@ -38586,13 +38583,16 @@ E.g., if @env{UNIXROOT} is set to @file{e:} the complete default search path is An @command{sh}-like shell (as opposed to @command{command.com} under MS-DOS or @command{cmd.exe} under MS-Windows or OS/2) may be useful for @command{awk} programming. -The DJGPP collection of tools includes an MS-DOS port of Bash, +The DJGPP collection of tools@footnote{Available from +@uref{ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/}.} +includes an MS-DOS port of Bash, and several shells are available for OS/2, including @command{ksh}. @end ifclear @ifset FOR_PRINT An @command{sh}-like shell (as opposed to @command{command.com} under MS-DOS or @command{cmd.exe} under MS-Windows) may be useful for @command{awk} programming. -The DJGPP collection of tools includes an MS-DOS port of Bash. +The DJGPP collection of tools@footnote{Available from +@uref{ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/}.} includes an MS-DOS port of Bash. @end ifset @cindex common extensions, @code{BINMODE} variable @@ -39219,7 +39219,7 @@ The people maintaining the various @command{gawk} ports are: @multitable {MS-Windows with MinGW} {123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890} @item Unix and POSIX systems @tab Arnold Robbins, @EMAIL{arnold@@skeeve.com,arnold at skeeve dot com} -@item MS-DOS with DJGPP @tab Scott Deifik, @EMAIL{scottd.mail@@sbcglobal.net,scottd dot mail at sbcglobal dot net} +@c @item MS-DOS with DJGPP @tab Scott Deifik, @EMAIL{scottd.mail@@sbcglobal.net,scottd dot mail at sbcglobal dot net} @item MS-Windows with MinGW @tab Eli Zaretskii, @EMAIL{eliz@@gnu.org,eliz at gnu dot org} @@ -39236,6 +39236,10 @@ The people maintaining the various @command{gawk} ports are: If your bug is also reproducible under Unix, send a copy of your report to the @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug-gawk at gnu dot org} email list as well. +The DJGPP port is no longer supported; it will remain in the code base for a while in case +a volunteer wishes to take it over. If this does not happen, then eventually code for this +port will be removed. + @node Other Versions @appendixsec Other Freely Available @command{awk} Implementations @cindex @command{awk}, implementations @@ -39478,7 +39482,8 @@ cd gawk-@value{VERSION}.@value{PATCHLEVEL} @item @command{gawk} may be built on non-POSIX systems as well. The currently -supported systems are MS-Windows using DJGPP, MSYS, MinGW, and Cygwin, +supported systems are MS-Windows using +MSYS, MinGW, and Cygwin, @ifclear FOR_PRINT OS/2 using EMX, @end ifclear |