That's odd. It should work then. Hmm. Do you have a IBM862 file in your LANGUAGE\CODEPAGE directory?
Stan Goodman wrote: > On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 20:28:19 UTC, Michael Kaply <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > opined: > > > What version of OS/2? > > This is MCP-1 with no fixes, just as it was mailed to me by IBM. > > > You might have a version that is from before we converged the Bidi code with > > the English OS. > > > > Mike > > > > Stan Goodman wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 16:19:47 UTC, Michael Kaply <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > opined: > > > > > > > Sure, you can do this. Have fun! > > > > > > > > In config.sys, set CODEPAGE statement to CODEPAGE=862,850. > > > > > > > > Change the KEYBOARD statement to HE instead of US. > > > > > > Aha! You have reminded me that I went through this some time ago; it > > > didn't work then, and it didn't work just now when I repeated the > > > exercise. > > > > > > After I changed both statements exactly as you suggest, the reboot is > > > interrupted by the error message: > > > > > > SYS1196: The parameter "862" on line 40 of the CONFIG.SYS file is not > > > acceptable for the CODEPAGE statement. Line 40 is ignored. > > > > > > The order of the code pages makes no difference. > > > > > > Are we having fun yet? > > > > > > > > > > Reboot. > > > > > > > > Now start e.exe. > > > > > > > > Notice that Alt+Shift right and Alt+Shift left change the cursor. This is > > > > how you change whether or not you are typing Hebrew or English. > > > > > > > > Have fun! > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > Stan Goodman wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 02:30:32 UTC, Michael Kaply > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> opined: > > > > > > > > > > > Stan, > > > > > > > > > > > > Remind me again because I always forget. Are you on a Hebrew OS/2 or > > > > > > English OS/2? > > > > > > > > > > It's the US version. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Stan Goodman > > > > > Qiryat Tiv'on > > > > > Israel > > > > > > > > > > Please replace "SPAM-FOILER" with "sgoodman". > > > > > > > > > > The Terrorist Credo: You can make friends by exploding bombs in public > > > > > places, and the more people you kill, the better they will like you. > > > > > > > > > > 200 years of European fecklessness in the face of Arab terror: Tripoli > > > > > Pirates (1814); OPEC Oil (1973); Saddam Hussein and Yasser Arafat > > > > > (1990 et seq.) -- but actually financing it is a 21st-century European > > > > > wrinkle. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Stan Goodman > > > Qiryat Tiv'on > > > Israel > > > > > > Please replace "SPAM-FOILER" with "sgoodman". > > > > > > The Terrorist Credo: You can make friends by exploding bombs in public > > > places, and the more people you kill, the better they will like you. > > > > > > 200 years of European fecklessness in the face of Arab terror: Tripoli > > > Pirates (1814); OPEC Oil (1973); Saddam Hussein and Yasser Arafat > > > (1990 et seq.) -- but actually financing it is a 21st-century European > > > wrinkle. > > > > -- > Stan Goodman > Qiryat Tiv'on > Israel > > Please replace "SPAM-FOILER" with "sgoodman". > > The Terrorist Credo: You can make friends by exploding bombs in public > places, and the more people you kill, the better they will like you. > > 200 years of European fecklessness in the face of Arab terror: Tripoli > Pirates (1814); OPEC Oil (1973); Saddam Hussein and Yasser Arafat > (1990 et seq.) -- but actually financing it is a 21st-century European > wrinkle.
