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Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 13:13:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Jan Middelkoop <djhyperbyte AT teknap DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Problem with Win32/UNIX character set
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On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Jan Middelkoop wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I seem to be able to compile and run a problem fine, but when I run it, I
> notice it uses a UNIX character set instead of the DOS character set (I do
> NOT mean the endline characters - I mean the character set in general),
> so certain things (ASCII art mainly) look very messed up.
>
> How do I get this program to use the DOS character set?
> Is there an option for this in CygWin, do I have to #define something?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> DJHyperbyte <djhyperbyte at teknap.com>

Yes.  Add "codepage:oem" to your CYGWIN environment variable.
	Igor

P.S. David (Starks-Browning), should this be in the FAQ?
FWIW, I haven't found anything related to codepage:* in the User's Guide
page on the CYGWIN variable, either.

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