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In article <1992Dec14.161106.8111@klaava.Helsinki.FI> olounela@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Olli Lounela) writes:
>In article <1gi57dEINN2p7@uni-erlangen.de> mskuhn@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de writes:
>>Since MS-DOS 3.3, each PC has a code page 850 supported by it's DOS.
>>This code page contains ALL Latin 1 characters (that was the reason, why
>>it has been introduced), but with other codes than in ISO 8859-1, in order to
>>stay compatible with the old traditional IBM PC code page 437 which is
>>supported in hardware by even every CGA card.
>
>This is true.  However, a sad fact is that not all programs understand
>about code pages, a most notable example being dBase IV.  Thus, I've
>been forced (well, almost anyway :-) to use page 437 and stomp all
>country specificisms onto it.  No, I'm not going into specifics, just to
>spare you from the horrors. 
>
>(Yes, I am a CP maintenance person, and getting more and more severe
>symptoms all the time...)
>
>-- 
>	Olli, 3 dan
>
>E-mail: olounela@cc.helsinki.fi           ! .sig still under construction.
>Blame me only for any opinions expressed. !  Never you mind, I don't either.


Further problem: I haven't found any way to get to any useful code
pages from any application, esp where needed, eg: in a text editor. 
Sure, I can re install moststupiddos for another country.  Therefore
trashing my whole file system.  What I need is a switch on the fly
system, or, better, European characters available at any time by some
simple key combination.

Any help available?

No moststupidwindows please.

Dick   ddawson@mailbox.syr.edu