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Remove support for obsolete systems. See xemacs-patches message with ID <870180fe0911101613m6b8efa4bpf083fd9013950807@mail.gmail.com>.
author Jerry James <james@xemacs.org>
date Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:49:14 -0700
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559 @defvar system-type 559 @defvar system-type
560 The value of this variable is a symbol indicating the type of operating 560 The value of this variable is a symbol indicating the type of operating
561 system XEmacs is operating on. Here is a table of the possible values: 561 system XEmacs is operating on. Here is a table of the possible values:
562 562
563 @table @code 563 @table @code
564 @item aix-v3 564 @item aix
565 AIX. 565 AIX 4.2 or later.
566 566
567 @item berkeley-unix 567 @item berkeley-unix
568 Berkeley BSD. 568 Berkeley BSD.
569 569
570 @item dgux 570 @item cygwin32
571 Data General DGUX operating system. 571 Cygwin.
572
573 @item darwin
574 Mac OS X.
572 575
573 @item gnu 576 @item gnu
574 A GNU system using the GNU HURD and Mach. 577 A GNU system using the GNU HURD and Mach.
575 578
576 @item hpux 579 @item hpux
577 Hewlett-Packard HPUX operating system. 580 Hewlett-Packard HPUX operating system, version 11.0 or later.
578 581
579 @item irix 582 @item irix
580 Silicon Graphics Irix system. 583 Silicon Graphics Irix system, version 6.0 or later.
581 584
582 @item linux 585 @item linux
583 A GNU system using the Linux kernel. 586 A GNU system using the Linux kernel.
584 587
585 @item ms-dos 588 @item mach
586 Microsoft MS-DOS ``operating system.'' 589 The Mach kernel with a BSD 4.3 layer.
587
588 @item next-mach
589 NeXT Mach-based system.
590
591 @item rtu
592 Masscomp RTU, UCB universe.
593
594 @item unisoft-unix
595 UniSoft UniPlus.
596 590
597 @item usg-unix-v 591 @item usg-unix-v
598 AT&T System V. 592 AT&T System V.
599 593
600 @item windows-nt 594 @item windows-nt
601 Microsoft windows NT. 595 Microsoft windows NT or one of its descendants.
602
603 @item xenix
604 SCO Xenix 386.
605 @end table 596 @end table
606 597
607 We do not wish to add new symbols to make finer distinctions unless it 598 We do not wish to add new symbols to make finer distinctions unless it
608 is absolutely necessary! In fact, we hope to eliminate some of these 599 is absolutely necessary! In fact, we hope to eliminate some of these
609 alternatives in the future. We recommend using 600 alternatives in the future. We recommend using