From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: dos pipes not working
Date: 23 Nov 2000 11:15:14 GMT
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Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:

[...]
>> difference. (Or stop using that braindead UK keyboard layout, in the
>> first place. :-)

> Actually, it's the OS which is brain-dead for assuming everyone uses a
> US layout and requiring a TSR to be loaded to tell it otherwise.  (I
> think the smiley means you know that though ;-).

How would an OS be braindead just because it requires a keyboard
driver? The fact that it's a TSR makes it easier to change keyboard
configuration later. 

Yes, there are situations where you want to switch to a different
layout, after booting. E.g., typing in C or TeX code on a German PC
keyboard is really a royal pain in the lower back, what with all of
[]{} and \ being in finger-twisting AltGr-<digit> positions.

> mixed up without these magic lines:

I wouldn't call them "magic" --- hey, they're even properly documented
(up to DOS 6.22, but even in Win98, the docu is still there, just
hidden on the CD where many people won't find it).  They're
configuration lines necessary to tell DOS what type of keyboard you
use. How is it supposed to know that, if you don't tell it?
-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.