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# FTE: The Folding Text Editor
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This is a fork of the "20010819" source release [available here](http://fte.sourceforge.net).
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**This is NOT based on the newest FTE sources available. Please check the actual SourceForge
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project page for newer source updates if you're not interested in the DOS-specific changes
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that this Git repo is about.**
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Changes:
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* Built against Watcom C/C++ 11.0 and DOS/4GW
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* Fixed the `ScreenSizeX` and `ScreenSizeY` global config properties so that they are actually used under DOS.
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Existing `.CNF` files built for the 20010819 FTE release should all work the same and not need
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to be rebuilt.
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From the "Release" page, the ZIP file contains two pre-built CNF config files that are otherwise
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identical except that `FTE.CNF` sets 80x25 text mode while `FTE80x50.CNF` sets 80x50 text mode.
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The `config/` directory contains everything you'll need to build your own custom config via the
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included `CFTE.EXE`. Just make any changes you like and then run:
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```
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CFTE config/main.fte
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```
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Which will result in a new file `FTE-NEW.CNF` being built (assuming no errors).
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### Background
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The motivation for these changes comes from the fact that I wanted a DOS build of FTE that I could
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use on my "retro" DOS-based PCs for writing code using Watcom C/C++ and DOS/4GW. The only DOS
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release of FTE that I'm aware of is compiled with DJGPP and hence uses CWSDPMI. Different DOS
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extenders usually don't mix well together and as I found out for myself, when trying to use FTE's
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Run/Compile menu options to run external Watcom tools (like wlink, wd, etc) most anything that
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uses DOS/4GW would crash likely due to the fact that FTE was running under CWSDPMI.
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After looking at the source code, it seemed that only minor changes would be needed to get a
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DOS/4GW-compatible build going (and indeed, _some_ of the Watcom-specific work had been done
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already ... I guess in the past someone else had this building with Watcom?).
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After I got it building I noticed that it didn't support DOS 80x50 text mode, even though from
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looking at the code it was clear that support for customizable screen sizes was planned from the
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start. I guess whoever did the original DOS porting work didn't hook up different DOS text mode
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support where it needed to be hooked up.
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For my modified source release of FTE I've cleaned out any sources and build scripts that are
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NOT related to Watcom/DOS support. Since this fork is based off an older version of FTE, I feel
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like if you're looking for support for some other OS, you're not going to be best served by
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starting off from here anyway. Go to the more up to date SourceForge project page instead.
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