Re: Code Page 437

[Shaul Karl <shaulk@israsrv.net.il>]

I am not an expert but as a start point I would try (for bash)
	export TERM=ansi
There also might be more appropriate entries, take a look at the terminfo docs.
Doesn't the kernel have some CODEPAGE_437 stuff?


> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to set up Falken, a BBS program for Linux.  It excessively uses
> "ANSI graphics," in other words, ASCII text graphics done with characters from
> the Code Page 437 character set, with ANSI coloring.  CP-437 is the same
> character set DOS uses and sometimes known as the IBM PC character set.
> 
> My problem is Linux seems to use the Latin-1 character set, both on the
> console, and in xterms.  Therefore ANSI graphics look corrupted, in both
> Falken, as well as viewing ANSI files (*.ans) and calling dial-up BBSs that
> make use of CP-437 (as most do) from minicom.  How can I either start an xterm
> with the CP-437 character set, or set the console font for CP-437?
> 
> As for console fonts, I can't find anything suitable in
> /usr/share/consolefonts/.  Could anyone suggest a place to download CP-437
> console fonts?
> 
> As for xterms, I know about the '-fn' option, but I don't know how to find
> what fonts I have available in X.  As I'm sure you all can tell, I don't know
> much about X.  =)  I would certainly prefer finding a way to use CP-437 in
> an xterm than in the console, as I mostly use X.
> 
> DOSEMU's 'xdos' uses the correct font but I don't know if the font is part of
> X--and therefore accessible to xterm--or proprietary to xdos.
> 
> I should note that I still use slink.  It's hard to upgrade when your Internet
> connection is a 14.4kbps modem.
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance to anyone who can reply with information.
> 
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