Code Page Information (CPX) files - DOS codepages, v2.3 ======================================================= Copyright (C) 2002-2009 by Henrique Peron (hperon@terra.com.br) Code Page Information files provide DOS-based codepages to be used with DISPLAY version 0.10b or later. This software is free software, and is distributed under the GNU-GPL license version 2.0 or later. You should have received a copy of this license with the package (COPYING.TXT). Should you be missing that file, please contact the Free Software Foundation at http://www.gnu.org . 1. About the files 2. How to install the codepages 3. Known issues 4. Redesigned accented characters 5. Codepages with 5-digit numbers (on the 50000, 60000 range) 6. Codepages with 5-digit numbers (on the 30000 range) 7. Feedback 1. ABOUT THE FILES ================== This package contains 17 files. CPX files contain codepages (also referred to as "cp"s). The list of codepages they contain is available on CODEPAGE.TXT. These CPX files do NOT contain PRINTER fonts. 2. HOW TO INSTALL THE CODEPAGES =============================== In order to use codepages, the following programs should be used: - Aitor Santamaria Merino's DISPLAY - Eric Auer's MODE Both programs follow MS-DOS(c) syntax, therefore: AUTOEXEC.BAT ------------ DISPLAY CON=(EGA,<cp>,<n>) (where 1<=n<=6) MODE CON CP PREP=((<cp>[,<cp>,<cp>...]) C:\FDOS\BIN\<EGAFILE.CPX>) MODE CON CP SEL=<cp> Unlike MS-DOS(c) DISPLAY, FreeDOS DISPLAY is ONLY executable through command line and can be inserted into AUTOEXEC.BAT as in the example above. Please read documentation available on the DISPLAY and MODE packages for more details. 3. KNOWN ISSUES =============== None. 4. REDESIGNED ACCENTED CHARACTERS ================================= All characters available on the codepages have been redesigned in an attempt to improve readability; most of the accented characters were misaligned according to their non-accented counterparts as it can be noticed on the original CPI files of the major industry. Furthermore, when the 50-line mode was selected, it was not easy to tell the caps from the small versions of many accented characters. 5. CODEPAGES WITH 5-DIGIT NUMBERS (ON THE 50000, 60000 RANGE) ============================================================= There are several character sets ("charsets") which seem not to have official codepage ("CP") numbers despite the fact that they are used worldwide. Therefore, 5-digit CP numbers have been provided for them. These numbers are considered temporary; in case they change or the major industry provides official numbers, they will be adopted here. Furthermore, if the major industry provides new official charsets, they will be provided here as well. Should any keyboard be affected by changes on CP numbers, they will be listed in the HISTORY.TXT file available on this documentation; further details would be available on the documentation available on the keyboard packs for KEYB. 6. CODEPAGES WITH 5-DIGIT NUMBERS (ON THE 30000 RANGE) ====================================================== Those codepages were created to provide character sets for languages which weren't assisted previously either by the major industry or by third-party solutions. Saami and celtic languages and others fall in this category. 7. FEEDBACK =========== Please e-mail the contact below if you have comments, suggestions or problems regarding... CODEPAGES: Henrique PERON (hperon@terra.com.br) (English/Portuguese) DISPLAY: Aitor SANTAMARIA Merino (aitorsm@inicia.es) (English/Spanish) MODE: Eric AUER (eric@coli.uni-sb.de) (English/German) If you are not sure where the problem lies, please e-mail all of us.