Hi,
Rugxulo (2011/12/27 17:00 -0600): > 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: So I finally managed to get back to this yet unsolved problem. Here is what file says: e:\robert\robert.exe: MS-DOS executable, MZ for MS-DOS > 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) Well it seems not much happened, here is the content of history.dat: OpenFile-R : robert OpenFile-R : robert.exe OpenFile-R : robert.exe Exec : E:\ROBERT\ROBERT.EXE OpenFile-R : \ OpenFile-R : kgb\kgb.exe OpenFile-R : kgb\kgb.exe Exec : C:\KGB\KGB.EXE /u Any other suggestion welcome! Thanks! Shérab. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
