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Subject: OT: Keyboard problems
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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:59:14 GMT
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Hi,

Slightly OT I know, but DJGPP folks might
be able to help me here...

My setup: W2k (UK-English)
I'm using DJGPP in a DOS box with no problems.

However...
The | character (as used in OR operators) is different
when I use a Windows based editor or a DOS editor.
The key in question is the one between the left shift
key and the letter Z (UK-English keyboard):

   +---+
   + | +
   + \ +
   +---+


The Windows created character is correct (0x7C) while
the DOS created one (0xDD) gives me errors on compiling
with GCC (not really surprising as it has the wrong ASCII
code...).

I had this problem before on my old PC and I solved it
somehow. Problem is, I can't remember anymore.

I have tried using different code pages in autoexec.nt
but that doesn't seem to help.

Any suggestions?

Please send your replies to the newsgroup/mailing list.

Regards,

Tony