I think we should discuss how to implement unicode. In the fact only one small thing is necesarry: we need a mechanism for translating unicode chars into ASCII chars and vice versa. Now programs do it self by looking into own datafiles with .TBL extension. Look at DOSLFN or Volkov commander 4.99. They have few files like cp852uni.tbl, cp866uni.tbl and so on. It is a very good solution but problem is that here is no way now how to determine which file should be used. It fully relies on manual configuration. Anothor point is that ASCII-unicode conversion should be somewhat treated by OS, I think. I think it is not smart if every unicode program has own TBL library. It should be one somewhere in FREEDOS derectories.
So how to solve it? * let the user call function for international info, and by returned codepage manualy decide which .TBL file to use? * .TBL files should be in LANG or NLSPATH environment variable? * somehow extend the kernel function for international info to say which .TBL files to use? * preload .TBL into memory in COUNTRY initialization and even more extend international info to provide ASCII- unicode conversion? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
