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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:44:07 +0100
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From: Dr Simon Jones <s DOT b DOT jones AT cs DOT stir DOT ac DOT uk>
Subject: RE: pipe char for UK keyboards on Win98SE
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At 18:26 09/10/00 +0000, Sagar Shah wrote:
>On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Harris, Andrew S wrote:
>> I was wondering whether there is any fix for the problem with the pipe
>> character under Win98SE with UK keyboards?
>> 
>> I have discovered a workaround, which is "<AltGr>`", that's the backquote
>> key, which also features a pipe symbol on the lower right. 
>> 
>> Does this work for others with this problem?
>
>Yes it does fix it for me (running cygwin 1.1.4 on Win98SE too).

This problem was annoying me too. I found that the pipe char was not
working *in a straight DOS prompt window either* - so I guessed that it was
*not* a Cygwin problem. 

I wondered about the keyboard set-up, and decided to check the codepage
set-up on my NT system, where I had had no problem: keyb command at DOS
prompt revealed that cp 437 was in use (though goodness knows where it
actually get set up!). 

I changed the cp set-up in autoexec.bat on my Win98 PC from 850 to 437 and
all is fine (pipe char works, and no other problem noticed).  

According to a list I saw, codepages 437 and 850 are alternatives, but
obviously not quite... 

Regards

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