Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 21:44:30 +0200
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> From: Bruno Haible <haible AT ilog DOT fr>
> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:45:56 +0100 (CET)
> 
> > If the environment variable LANG is set to one of the values
> > contained in the file the .mo file will be recoded to the
> > corresponding dos codepage on the fly.
> 
> Would it be possible to make it work even if the user doesn't set
> "LANG"? I can see a DOS call INT 21,65h

It is okay to use the DOS codepage reported by function 6601 of
Int 21h (function 65h is limited to certain versions of Windows 98
only).  It is also okay to intuit the DOS codepage from the country
code returned by function 38h of Int 21h, in case 6601 fails.

However, an external method of overriding that must be available,
since many DOS and Windows systems lie about the installed codepage.
For example, my system says its codepage is 437 while the truth is
862.