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Emacs and MS-DOS
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   This section briefly describes the peculiarities of using Emacs under
the MS-DOS "operating system" (also known as "MS-DOG").  If you build
Emacs for MS-DOS, the binary will also run on Windows 3.X, Windows NT,
Windows 9X/ME, Windows 2000, or OS/2 as a DOS application; the
information in this chapter applies for all of those systems, if you use
an Emacs that was built for MS-DOS.

   Note that it is possible to build Emacs specifically for Windows
NT/2K or Windows 9X/ME.  If you do that, most of this chapter does not
apply; instead, you get behavior much closer to what is documented in
the rest of the manual, including support for long file names, multiple
frames, scroll bars, mouse menus, and subprocesses.  However, the
section on text files and binary files does still apply.  There are
also two sections at the end of this chapter which apply specifically
for the Windows version.

Input

MS-DOS Input. Keyboard and mouse usage on MS-DOS.

Display

MS-DOS Display. Fonts, frames and display size on MS-DOS.

Files

MS-DOS File Names. File name conventions on MS-DOS.

Text and Binary

Text files on MS-DOS use CRLF to separate lines.

Printing

MS-DOS Printing. How to specify the printer on MS-DOS.

I18N

MS-DOS and MULE. Support for internationalization on MS-DOS.

Processes

MS-DOS Processes. Running subprocesses on MS-DOS.

Windows Processes

Running subprocesses on Windows.

Windows System Menu

Controlling what the ALT key does.