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Date:	Tue, 01 Apr 1997 11:31:55 -0800
From:	Kent Byerley <kentb AT vnd DOT tek DOT com>
Organization:	Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, OR
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To:	Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
CC:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: wish list 2.0
References:	<C149F14E44 AT ibh DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>

Matthias Paul wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> 
> > OpenDOS should also support single-stepping the boot as well.
> 
> ???
> 
> It *does* already (since Novell DOS 7)!  (Though, I think it's not
> pretty documented, at least not in the Novell docs.)
> 
> Press <F5> or <F8> while the kernel shows the startup message
> "Booting DOS...".  These keys work very similar as under MS-DOS
> (alternatively, under NWDOS and OpenDOS you can press just the
> <Shift>-key, avoiding annoying beeps caused by a keyboard buffer
> overrun), but:
> 
> - Currently, you cannot enter <F5>/<F8> mode, while showing boot
>   menus (you can do that under MS-DOS/PC-DOS).
> 
> - In single-stepping, you will than be asked (Y/N) (assuming an
>   English localized kernel as it is with OpenDOS) for (almost) any
>   CONFIG.SYS directive (similar to ? before a line).
>   In foreign countries (and with no keyboard driver loaded at this
>   stage), this might be very annoying to some people, e.g. here in
>   Germany you will be asked for '<Y>es' instead of '<J>a', but
>   actually have to press the <Z>-key, which on our German QWERTZ
>   keyboard layout is in-place of the <Y> on US QWERTY keyboards.
>   Fortunately, Novell had already implemented a cure for this, but
>   failed to document it:
>   Using the undocumented YESCHAR= directive, you can select the
>   character you want to be asked for instead of <Y>, e.g. YESCHAR=J
>   would fix these problems for Germany.

Does this mean that if your an in single step mode the YESCHAR=J
directive is found
that you will be asked (Y/N) and after that you will be asked (J/N)?

>   Note, that as with all other directives (except for SWITCHES=),
>   the YESCHAR= directive takes effect *after* it is parsed by
>   IBMBIO.COM, and that's in exactly the order, the CONFIG.SYS file
>   is interpreted (which is completely different under MS-DOS/PC-DOS,
>   where the CONFIG.SYS will be compiled in some respect).  However,
>   it is much more flexible.
> 
[snip]
> 
> Bye,
> 
>  Matthias Paul
> 
> 
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