Hi, On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Sébastien Hinderer <sebastien.hinde...@ens-lyon.org> wrote: > > I've actually seen a report of this dictionnary "not working", but I > don't think any serious attempt to understand and perhaps fix the > problem had been undertaken so far.
It will be hard to fix when the software isn't freely available. Most of us aren't willing to download random (still copyrighted) "abandonware." :-/ >> However, others might be >> able to help if you mentioned the name and version of the program you >> are trying to use. > > It's "Le grand Robert 1992", an excellent french dictionnary. At least that narrows it down. >> You don't get any output from the program, so this >> may be difficult to track down. > > I was wondering whether dosemu wouldn't offer some debugging facilities > that could be useful here... It does, but I don't know what or how to use it, sadly. You'll have to wait for (or nag) Eric Auer or Bart Oldeman or similar to chime in. Or just read the online manuals: http://www.dosemu.org/docs/ But here's two horribly wimpy suggestions to isolate the problem. 1). Download File 5.09: http://sites.google.com/site/rugxulo/file509.zip?attredirects=0 Put file.exe in your %PATH% and "set MAGIC=/dev/c/fdos/magic.mgc" (or similar, /dev/c/ means C:\). Now try "file dictionary.exe" (or whatever, etc.) to see if it uses any special .EXE format or DOS extender. 2). Download KGB 1.04: http://archives.scovetta.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysutl/kgb104.zip kgb.exe (start the TSR) dictionary.exe (run the program) kgb /u (unload TSR) edit c:\history.dat (see what files it tried to open) Who knows, maybe one of those two things will help somehow. :-/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
