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* Re: Virtual Modems on dosemu (cp437 in linux console)
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@ 2003-03-06  1:00 ` Ryan Underwood
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From: Ryan Underwood @ 2003-03-06  1:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
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> > Newer Linux kernels are ISO-8859-1 codepage by
> > defeault.  You must explicitly
> > set the codepage with:  charset G0 cp437
> > in a virtual console that you want to use IBM
> > characters in.  If you want
> > to use cp437 (IBM) character set in a X terminal,
> > you must install the VGA
> > font (vga.pcf) and tell the terminal to use it when
> > you run it (typically
> > with -fn vga or -font vga).
> 
> I don't typically run the BBS in an X window, so that
> is not much concern to me.  However, I would be
> interested in knowing how to specify the proper
> codepage in a VC.  Can you tell me how to do that?

If you're using the newer console-tools:
$ charset G0 cp437

There is a different method that I can't remember for the old console-tools.

-- 
Ryan Underwood, <nemesis at icequake.net>, icq=10317253

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