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On 20/08/27 18:35, Lewis wrote:
> I suggest we consider moving this to the list, now that its confirmed that
> we're all on it.

Should have happened two messages ago :)

> On 08/27/20 06:21 am, Alfredo Fernández Díaz wrote:
>> Hi again,
>>
>> On 20/08/26 21:18, Lewis wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> Clearly, this isn't a major issue, currently.
>>
>> Depends on your definition. As far as lSwitch is concerned it's not an issue
>> even for me, but...
>
> Well, I say "currently" as the Russian translation is woefully out of date at
> this point. Still, an argument could be made that it is sufficient for basic use.

Haven't tried. Regarding Russian, my main concern is being able to read text 
files, not check UIs.

>>> Russian just made it into the build tree, so I've been going cross-eyed
>>> looking at Cyrillic recently, and worse, CP866 strings under CP850 (which is
>>> headache-inducing). If the time comes that we have users with a need to switch
>>> from a CP850 language to CP852 (Czech) or CP866 (Russian), this may become
>>> more of an issue. Right now, it's trivial, at best, but does fail the fit and
>>> finish test.
>>
>> I have mentioned it in the past, but it was a side comment kind of thing, so
>> I didn't expect you to remember yet even more trivia about me. I need to
>> keep around both an 850/1004 to exchange system and an 850/866 one to
>> exchange stuff with Windows systems and work with Russian files easily
>> (currently that means running a VirtualPC ArcaOS inside my main OS/2 system).
>
> I did not recall that. Thanks for reminding me.
>

Then I'll also remind you that actually understanding what I can read from 
those files is a goal set for sometime in the future. Just in case :)

>> I had thought of writing something called CPLaunch in the past, that would
>> start processes in any code page supported by the system regardless of
>> config.sys CODEPAGE=, but it seemed too much to study and a lot of work to
>> build something only I would use once in a while.
>>
>
> An interesting idea.

You bet. I even thought of WPS integration, like the 'language' tab of program 
objects, only better. Unfortunately, another project that didn't leave the 
design board. I guess the Platonic os2er (aka cave-dweller) syndrome has its 
down side.

> I'm not sure how one could accomplish this, given the
> primary/secondary handing of codepages in OS/2, but we do a lot of stuff right
> now that five years ago nobody thought possible (like booting ArcaOS on UEFI,
> and soon, being able to create and install to GPT disks).

Yes, good thing there were people who would soldier on more than I did :)