That did it! "ã" and other tilde-accentuated characters are displaying perfectly now. Thanks!
Although I cannot say I understand the fix, it did work and now all tilde-accentuated characters work fine everywhere in FreeDOS. I had to change "fdos" to "freedos" since that is how the directory is actually called on this version. I added the fix to FDAUTO.BAT, which I assume is FreeDOS version of AUTOEXEC.BAT. LH DISPLAY CON=(EGA,,1) > MODE CON CP PREP=((858) C:\FREEDOS\cpi\EGA.CPX) > MODE CON CP SEL=858 Is that an okay place to put those settings? Thanks! On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 3:41 PM Eric Auer via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hi Robert and Davi, > > >> The system's keyboard and layout are already configured to "br" (for > >> Brazilian Portuguese) and working perfectly. Other accentuated > >> characters display just fine. That is the case of "á", "à", "ô". > >> However, "ã" shows as something else entirely. Image below: > >> oIh6TW8.png > >> > >> How can I get FreeDOS to correctly display those characters? > > You probably have to load DISPLAY and use MODE to set the codepage > to load a font which has all accented characters at the place where > your already Brazilian keyboard configuration expects them :-) > > See the HTMLHELP system for details. There should also be some > examples on the web. It should work similar to this: > > First, load the DISPLAY thing. You can do this in your autoexec > to load it automatically at boot, or manually at the prompt: > > LH DISPLAY CON=(EGA,,1) > rem or maybe for example DISPLAY CON=(EGA,858,1) or similar? > > Second, use MODE CON CODEPAGE (shorthand MODE CON CP also > works) to first prepare (shorthand PREP) and then select > (shorthand SEL) the codepage for your country. > > In my example the codepage is 858, which happens to be in > EGA.CPX, which is a compressed version of EGA.CPI - some > less common codepages will probably be in other CPX files. > > MODE CON CP PREP=((858) C:\FDOS\cpi\EGA.CPX) > > MODE CON CP SEL=858 > > You can do those two MODE invocations in autoexec or at > the prompt as well. You can use MODE /? for help, too. > > The internet says that Brazilians prefer codepage 860 :-) > > Regards, Eric > > > 1) How do you enter "ã"? > > 2) Is that a separate key on your keyboard? > > 3) What does > > https://bootablecd.de/fdhelp-internet/en/hhstndrd/base/keycode.htm > > produce, when you hit that key or key combo? > > Interesting questions :-) Maybe all falls into place with CP860. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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