Hi, On Wed, 29 Sept 2021 at 21:39, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote:
> > This also relates to why your COUNTRY= line does not only > mention a country (for example for knowing whether you use > number style 1,000.00 or rather 1.000,00) but also mentions > the codepage, which can be relevant for currency signs etc. > > However, the COUNTRY=... setting is something managed by the > kernel. You do not need to load any drivers for it. It also > controls things such as whether to expect Y/N or J/N for yes > no questions etc. Of course, that only happens when the apps > take the effort to ask the kernel which settings are active, > many apps just do everything English USA style themselves. > Well, the codepage mentioned in COUNTRY does not force all device drivers to call its codepage (NLSFUNC will). You can specify a codepage in Country, but your display driver will still be in the default codepage. You always need some driver (at least DISPLAY) to do it right. Ah, those good old days where you did not, and things like "españa.txt" would be seen as ESPA¹A.TXT and you wondered why. Aitor
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