Hi,
>Hi! >4-ξΟΡ-2004 17:52 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote to >[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >ase> Divide tools in three types: >ase> (a) Those that implement the national settings (that is the >character you >ase> use for thousand separators, etc) and codepages for the kernel >(filenamease> tables and such) >ase> DISPLAY.SYS >ase> Kernel's COUNTRY= > DISPLAY.SYS used only for fonts supports, so it not belongs >into this >category. Ooops... I meant COUNTRY.SYS (actually a data file) >ase> (b) Tools that implement the codepage support for the character >devices:ase> DISPLAY.SYS >ase> KEYB >ase> PRINTER.SYS (not existing) >ase> (c) Tools to configure the other stuff: >ase> MODE >ase> NLSFUNC (not existing) >ase> CHCP >[...] >ase> (1) In order to save bytes to American users, codepage support >and such is >ase> NOT implemented by default in kernel and/or devices. That is >why you need >ase> to load them: > In _given_ case I not agreed: me (as Russian user) not need >thousandsof codepages like 932, 10878, etc. So, supporting for >codepages through >loding requested information from external, independed files is good >idea. It is not said that the actual data is loaded, but rather the ABILITY to switch codepages. Aitor ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel