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Re: dosemu with hebrew
- To: Matan Ziv-Av <matan(at-nospam)svgalib.org>
- Subject: Re: dosemu with hebrew
- From: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir(at-nospam)technion.ac.il>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:33:16 +0200 (IST)
- Cc: evyatar <webmaster(at-nospam)ozint.com>, <linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il>
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- In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21_heb2.09.0112281651420.1770-100000@matan.home>
- Sender: linux-il-bounce(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Matan Ziv-Av wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, evyatar wrote:
>
> >I use dosemu-1.0.2 and I want to run dos program that use hebrew.
> >I use kbd-1.06 to load hebrew in the console and
> >then I can write hebrew.
> >but after I run dosemu I lose all the hebrew support.
>
> Dosemu runs the video card's bios' init routine, which loads the fonts
> from the card's rom to ram, and since it's a long time since cards came
> with a hebrew font in their rom, the bios actually overwrites the font
> you wrote to the card with consolechars.
>
> There are a few possible solutions -
> 1. you can use dos programs that load hebrew fonts (hebega.com).
> 2. If you only use text mode, use text mode dosemu - see
> 2.1.7. Video settingd in README.txt.
If you are root you can set the font of the tty from another console (with
the option --tty to consolechars). Does dosemu block this?
--
Tzafrir Cohen
mailto:tzafrir@technion.ac.il
http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir
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