Hi Jerome, >> On Jul 19, 2021, at 2:49 AM, tom ehlert <t...@drivesnapshot.de> wrote: >> [..] >> your approach has has a deep disadvantage for programs like >> Norton/Volkow/Midnight Commander, make utilities, etc. that shell out >> to a new instance of command.com. >> >> they will start a new instance of %COMSPEC% with IMO no way of giving >> it any arguments, so you would run the english version instead of the >> localized one. >> >> I also see no 'numerous benefits'. a user that selects the dutch >> localized version is unlikely to change this dynamically to russian. >> >> no problem though to have this as *option*. >> >> Tom
> I apologize for not mentioning several points that should go along with > the approach I suggest. I didn’t feel it was necessary to go into the minor > details. To hopefully alleviate you concerns, I add a few things… > First assuming there are translations available in a users preferred language, > those versions are the message they should see. Regardless of how > programs like EDIT, DOSSHELL and others invoke a sub shell. > I have not studied the FreeCOM code. no need to study the source. just disable HIMEM (to make the effect more dramatic), start a new instance, and watch MEM > But, I assume it is smart enough to > not keep multiple instances of itself in memory. it is not. all instances are completely independent. > Also, SYS should probably updated to also copy at least the copy the > current translation along with the system files. we physicists call this 'error propagation' ;) you just forgot FORMAT /S and maybe COPY/XCOPY/Volcow Commander should note that you want to copy COMMAND.COM (or FORMAT.EXE, SYS.EXE, ...) and copy also %LANG%uage files. maybe also .HLP files etc. DOS was never intended this way. IMO the invention of multilanguage FreeDOS using dependent multiple subdirectories was and is a bad idea. Tom _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
