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Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs |
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Sat, 07 Jun 2003 18:50:21 +0300 |
> From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 17:28:13 +0200
>
> > I haven't seen WINDOWSNT used before.
> > Here are some of the window-related macros I have seen:
> >
> > _WIN32 WIN32 __WIN32__ __MSDOS__ WINDOWS32
> >
> > WINDOWSNT is what Emacs uses. It is a GNU convention that we do not
> > use the abbreviation "WIN" to refer to Windows. Are those names
> > used in any GNU packages?
>
> Yes. I found those uses in gnulib and the coreutils.
> BTW, is WINDOWSNT an appropriate name for such a macro?
> I've heard that some of the modules using those macros may be
> compiled on non-Windows/NT systems.
I believe WINDOWS32 is a better name. IIRC, GNU Make uses it.
(WINDOWSNT is something that emerged in Emacs historically; it might
not make much sense elsewehere.)
- Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, (continued)
- Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Dave Love, 2003/06/12
- Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Paul Eggert, 2003/06/13
- Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Dave Love, 2003/06/16
- Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Paul Eggert, 2003/06/17
- Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/06/17
Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Richard Stallman, 2003/06/07
Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Richard Stallman, 2003/06/08
Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Jim Meyering, 2003/06/09
Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2003/06/09
Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Jim Meyering, 2003/06/09
Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2003/06/10
Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Paul Eggert, 2003/06/09
Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs, Richard Dawe, 2003/06/09