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diff man/msdog.texi @ 37264:ff4c34a90065
(MS-DOS and MULE): Make the wording about a single-codepage-until-reboot
operation more careful, since third-party software breaks this limitation
to some degree.
author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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date | Sat, 07 Apr 2001 08:00:51 +0000 |
parents | c1ad9d98c553 |
children | d5fbaec503ab |
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--- a/man/msdog.texi Sat Apr 07 07:55:22 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/msdog.texi Sat Apr 07 08:00:51 2001 +0000 @@ -593,12 +593,15 @@ etc. In contrast to X, which lets you use several fonts at the same time, -MS-DOS doesn't allow use of several codepages in a single session. -Instead, MS-DOS loads a single codepage at system startup, and you must -reboot MS-DOS to change it@footnote{Normally, one particular codepage is -burnt into the display memory, while other codepages can be installed by -modifying system configuration files, such as @file{CONFIG.SYS}, and -rebooting.}. Much the same limitation applies when you run DOS +MS-DOS normally doesn't allow use of several codepages in a single +session. MS-DOS was designed to load a single codepage at system +startup, and require you to reboot in order to change +it@footnote{Normally, one particular codepage is burnt into the display +memory, while other codepages can be installed by modifying system +configuration files, such as @file{CONFIG.SYS}, and rebooting. While +third-party software is known to exist that allows to change the +codepage without rebooting, we describe here how a stock MS-DOS system +behaves.}. Much the same limitation applies when you run DOS executables on other systems such as MS-Windows. @cindex unibyte operation @r{(MS-DOS)}