Re: cp852 font - finally

Re: cp852 font - finally

[Stas Sergeev]

Hello.

Andrzej Kaczmarczyk wrote:
> solution, for anyone else having the problem
Good explanation, but unless you'll find
a way to fit it into the dosemu docs (and
supply a patch), it will most likely get
lost.
Another point is that the dosemu config
should be pre-set for the like things, but
this is still under discussion for too long:(
Now it is apparently very important.

> 9. the next step depend on your graphics card
> I have a SiS chipset PCI Card so
> $_pci = (on)
> $_chipset = "sis"
The problem is that this should not be
necessary. The error message that you sent
me privately (for which I proposed the
$_pci=(on) as a workaround), is most likely
a bug. And if it requires also $_chipset="sis"
(does either change solve the problem, or
only both together?), then it is even more
buggy I think. Would be nice if you open a
bug entry for that, with the log and other
info I mentioned.

cp852 font

[Andrzej Kaczmarczyk]

HI,

I followed the recent discussion but the solution given there didn't worked 
for me.

I have an application I need to run and it is using CP852 fonts (There is 
actually a bunch of options I need the standardsa I am using are know as 
Latin2 and Mazovia - both are for polish national characters)

I found an old dos app that installs the font at runtime, and this solution 
works for 80x25 but as soon as I swithc into 80x43 the font stops working. 
Therefore I believe I must install the cp852 font on my XWindows and then 
try to force dosemu to use it.
the dosemu's supplied vga fonts have few codepages but not 852.
I have Mandriva 10.2 and dosemu 1.2.2-2mdk
I can use polish letters in standard linux console (using Monospace font) so 
I think I have the font on place.

In short how to do it? I can't move on from this point.

CUIN Kaczy 

Re: cp852 font - finally

[Andrzej Kaczmarczyk]

I have all the problems solved (at least those according to cp852 and 
multiple lines, the memory bug remains)

solution, for anyone else having the problem (assuming you have fetched & 
compiled recent freedos, dosemu from cvs)

1. download the cp852 (or any other) fonts 
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=XFree86-fonts-CP852
2. install them or copy them to X Servrs miscelanious fonts path. In my 
(Mandriva 10.2) case that was: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
3. run mkfontscale, mkfontdir, restart the X Server
4. add to the fonts.alias your new fonts, in my case I added:
cp852-8x13B  -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-cp852-0
cp852-8x13I  -misc-fixed-medium-o-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-cp852-0
cp852-9x15   -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-cp852-0
cp852-9x15B  -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-cp852-0
cp852-9x18B  -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--18-120-100-100-c-90-cp852-0

I have a 1024x768 so those sizes were apropriate

5. modify dosemu.conf
# I have polish letters at my standard console,
# if you don't then you need to use cp437 or iso8859-1
# or whatever you have your standard
$_external_char_set = "iso8859-2"

# that should settle the keyboard mapping
$_internal_char_set = "cp852"

# now the current font (one of the above added to alias file)
$_X_font = "cp852-9x15B"

6. at this point you should be having xdosemu working perfectly in all modes
you can switch them from within dosemu via
mode co80,25
mode co80,43
mode co80,50

note that the window size will change depending on number of lines

7. If you wish to run the dosemu form text console there is few more steps
8. modify your dosemu.conf
# this is magic, don't know what it does but it is needed
$_console=(1)
$_graphics=(1)

9. the next step depend on your graphics card
I have a SiS chipset PCI Card so
$_pci = (on)
$_chipset = "sis"

10. by this point you can run doesmu as root, to allow your users using it, 
change your sudoers file (again on mandrake this is /etc/sudoers)
I have them all in dosemu_users group, you can make one with
groupadd dosemu_users
now you add you user john to dosemu_users
usermod -G john,dosemu_users john

and add in the sudoers file
%dosemu_users    localhost=/usr/local/bin/dosemu -s

11. login as john
check the group with "groups"
run dosemu

dosemu -s

the warning will appear as you are using full featured dosemu, but beside 
that you should be logging in with no problem.

as above all modes should be working happily.

enjoy

CUIN Kaczy