Re: platforms without <locale.h>

[Collin Funk]

Hi Eli,

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> Since this was brought up (and comes up from time to time), and since
> Collin here is listening as well, let me explain the issues we have
> with Gnulib in Emacs on MS-Windows.
>
> The main point to keep in mind is that Emacs is still striving to
> support very old Windows systems, including Windows 9X.  I know that
> Gnulib decided to drop support for those some time ago, and will
> probably drop XP as well in some not-too-distant future, but Emacs
> didn't and probably won't.

Thanks for the detailed explanations and responses to Bruno's questions.
Perhaps I'll find some time to setup a virtual machine or something with
an old Windows install. Being able to check my changes to any module
Emacs imports would be nice.

> I hope I made the situation and our logic behind it clear, but feel
> free to ask any followup questions, and thanks for listening.

Not at the moment, I think you and Bruno covered most of the important
stuff. I'm subscribed to emacs-devel so if anything ever comes to mind I
can ask.

Collin