RJT> Just wondering,  are there any plands to make 
 RJT> max/squish able to deal with other than 8.3 filenames 
 RJT> in the future?  Maybe under linux?

That is part of the long term plan.  Short term we just want to get the
code working under Linux like it works under the other platforms (OS/2,
DOS, Win32).  

Actually, there are some areas where Max and Squish already support greater
than 8.3 file names.  Under OS/2, using HPFS partitions, about the only
thing limited to 8.3 is the file names used for downloading files in the
file areas, and probably in the QWK off-line reader download file name....
The other file name usages depend on maximus filename / path limits without
forcing an 8.3 convention, from what I remember of what's setup here....

Max will need to become case sensitive for file areas under Linux -- at
least partially case sensitive.  And if I can get the Linux code to compile
on my OS/2 system, we should be able to back-port stuff to OS/2.  Then, if
I can get things working with Open Watacom, other back-ports (Win32) should
be doable.  I'm not sure if it will be worth getting things cleaned up for
a new DOS version though....  Depends on how much effort it takes to get
the OpenWatcom environment working vs a GCC based compilation environment. 
Scott used a different make sub-system with an older (commercial) watcom
compiler than what we are doing current development with....

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41

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