vDosXy - non-standard character set, access C: and set path trick

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

I am trying to get display fonts operational. There is something missing
in the display font settings to show characters correctly.


First I tried the internal font. My Windows 7 defaults to CodePage 850,
which I have never used. To get ASCII, you need 437, so I added CHCP 437
to autoexec.txt. (You can get the same effect by putting - in front of
the fontname in config.txt if you use an external font). This works ok,
but there are a couple of anomalies: there is no ’, which can be useful
if you write French, there is a euro sign in its place (ascii-128). Then
there are the non-standard line-drawing characters (double-line chars
show as dimmed single-line chars, this is Jos's own preference).
Otherwise the character set is ok. To view charsets, use the ASCII.EXE
included in the vDosWP package (by Thomas Berger, freeware?).


Then I loaded a font, viz. Consola. There is still no ’, but
line-drawing characters are ok.


C: and PATH
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If you want to get access to your normal c: drive as is, put this in
autoexec.txt:

USE C: C:\

To run batch files or programs from the VDOSXY folder, add:
SET PATH=%PATH%;c:\VDOSXY

%PATH% is Z:, which means that running instances of command.com and
autoexec.bat are created in there. This is why Z: is reserved for
internal use, so do not try to assign drive Z: (I found this in the
vDOSWP documentation). Note that Jos says that the next release will not
have a dedicated Z: anymore, and a fake command.com will appear in the
vDos C: root.
(https://sourceforge.net/p/vdos/discussion/general/thread/3ac66471/)


Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx

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