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-: > This implies that if I set
-: >
-: > +LANG=de
-: > +LANGUAGE=de:es
-: > 
-: > *and* I prepare/select cp850 using DOS MODE, then `sed --version' should
-: > show correctly formatted german text.
-: 
-: Yes.

Results with stock djdev2.03 and DOS 5.0:

C:\> chcp
Active code page: 850
[confirmed by browsing an ascii table and seeing the cp850 charset]

C:\> set LANG=
C:\> set LANGUAGE=
C:\> sed-nls --version
[english messages displayed ok]

C:\> set LANG=de
C:\> set LANGUAGE=de:es
C:\> sed-nls --version
[German messages displayed, with _incorrect_ translation of non-US chars]

C:\> set LANG=850
C:\> set LANGUAGE=de:es
C:\> sed-nls --version
[German messages displayed, with *correct* chars]

At this point it dawns on me to check for `charset.alias' and it
is *missing*.  So I copy lib/charset.alias from gtxt037b.zip to
$DJDIR and, behold:

C:\> set LANG=de
C:\> set LANGUAGE=de:es
C:\> sed-nls --version
[German messages displayed, with _correct_ chars]

I probably lost my copy of `charset.alias' a frenzy of installation,
hacking, and reinstallation.  Perhaps (a version of) `charset.alias'
should be included with any NLS-capable package?