Hello.

MS-DOS and PC-DOS  840 or 850, i need to check my old floppy boot disk...

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 8:10 AM Lukáš Kotek via Freedos-user <
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Hi Manuel,
>
> I hit something very similar, just in case of Czech-specific characters.
> I tried the same solution I used for Czech (well, with minor change),
> and it works also for Portugal, so '*' character is printed correctly.
>
> DISPLAY CON=(EGA,860,1)
> MODE CON CODEPAGE PREPARE=((860) %dosdir%\CPI\EGA.CPX)
> MODE CON CODEPAGE SELECT=860
> KEYB CZ,860
>
> I put these lines into my FDAUTO.BAT, so I don't need to care anymore.
>
> In short, using KEYB command alone is not sufficient, you need also to
> use MODE to specify the CODEPAGE you use in console. For Portugal it is
> CP860 (for Czech it is CP852).
>
> I hope it helps, it also cost me some time before I realized how
> keyboard layouts and codepage settings work in DOS :)
>
> Best regards,
> Lukas
>
> Dne 18. 03. 24 v 22:36 Manuel Sobral via Freedos-user napsal(a):
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I think there's an error with the Portuguese keyboard layout. When I
> > press "*shift* + ***", is it supposed to insert the character "***".
> > However, instead of that, it inserts this character "*Å*"  :
> >
> > https://ibb.co/3BZZ8b0 <https://ibb.co/3BZZ8b0>
> >
> > This is the key that I am talking about (red circle):
> >
> > https://ibb.co/841yrk1 <https://ibb.co/841yrk1>
> >
> > Is this behavior a mistake or is it something else?
> >
> > The keyboard is configured with the command "mkeyb PO" and it's executed
> > correctly with the following message :
> >
> > "mKEYB 0.46 [Oct 09 2021] - PO - PORTUGAL - portuguese keyboard (by tom)"
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Manuel
> >
> >
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