Hi, here's an approach that actually works and isn't one of the maybe we should implement esoteric feature X emails ;)
Steffen claimed that even though country= doesn't work yet in our config.sys, I could use load_unf instead. So I tried and failed but with some adjustments succeeded. Here's how you can have 24-hour times in DIR and dd-mm-yy for instance: * download unf_bin_0.3_2000-07-01.zip from ftp://ftp-fd.inf.fh-rhein-sieg.de/pub/freedos/local/unf_bin_0.3_2000-07-01.zip * patch & recompile the kernel: nls.c needs this change: @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ /* 0x14FF == installed */ r.BX = 0; /* make sure the NLSFUNC ID is updated */ + r.CX = NLS_FREEDOS_NLSFUNC_ID; if (muxGo(0, &r) != 0x14ff) return DE_FILENOTFND; /* No NLSFUNC --> no load */ if (r.BX != NLS_FREEDOS_NLSFUNC_ID) /* FreeDOS NLSFUNC will return */ * from the unf_bin zip, extract load_unf.exe and 049-850.unf * run: load_unf 049-850.unf * run: command * run: dir * watch it (German-style dates). Notes: - the new country info only affects secondary shells, not the freecom that you run load_unf.exe from - I also tried something that makes sense for the Netherlands (and it works) --- 001-437.unf Mon Dec 2 21:44:30 2002 +++ 031-437.unf Mon Dec 2 21:52:31 2002 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -## Universal NLS data Format file: 001-437.unf -$country 1 +## Universal NLS data Format file: 031-437.unf +$country 31 $codepage 437 # Global options @@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ [table 1] # Extended Country Information DOS-65-01 / DOS-38 $make_size - = W1 W437 # Country ID & Codepage - = W0 # Date format: 0/1/2: U.S.A./Europe/Japan - = 36 0 0 0 0 # $.... # Currency string - = 44 0 # ,. # Thousand's separator - = 46 0 # .. # Decimal point + = W31 W437 # Country ID & Codepage + = W1 # Date format: 0/1/2: U.S.A./Europe/Japan + = 69 85 82 0 0 # EUR.. # Currency string + = 46 0 # .. # Thousand's separator + = 44 0 # ,. # Decimal point = 45 0 # -. # Date separator = 58 0 # :. # Time separator = 0 # Currency format (bit array) = 2 # Currency precision - = 0 # time format: 0/1: 12/24 houres + = 1 # time format: 0/1: 12/24 houres $go_forward 4 # Far address of upcase function (to be calc at runtime) = 44 0 # ,. # Data separator - Contributions (unf files) for other countries are welcome. This doesn't involve difficult kernel hacking or anything. Bart ---------- list options/archives/etc.: http://www.topica.com/lists/fd-dev unsubscribe: send blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Rv5.bbRv4l.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
