Hironori Sakamoto wrote on 2001-04-10 16:24 UTC:
> I know some CodePage are used on PC, but why did not xterm
> support CP437 if its characters are widely used and necessary ?
Xterm has been used for at least half a decade now with the CP437 fonts
that come with dosemu. Dosemu is definitely also on the list of programs
that need UTF-8 support.
> Ok, let's stop saying about which we don't know well.
Sounds like a good idea.
> Let's listen to the opinion of native users.
I became a native DOS speaker at the age of 14.
CP437/CP850 is still used today in the MS-DOS box on *every* Windows98
machine in West Europe/US/etc. CP1252 is restricted to the GUI part of
Windows. Actually, I haven't managed yet to execute command-line
programs under Windows98 in CP1252 because the mode command doesn't
accept this code page. Assistance welcome!
Markus
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