Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1998/07/23/13:17:25
On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Martin Str|mberg wrote:
> Additionally I discovered that "redir -eo info|less" doesn't
> crash. Perhaps this should have been expected, but it was a surprise
> to me.
If info's standard streams are redirected to a file, it works as a filter
and doesn't initialize its screen management at all. So the offending
code is never called.
> Minimal CONFIG.SYS:
> -----
> DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
Is it correct that without EMM386 (HIMEM alone) it doesn't crash? I'm
sorry, I don't recall if you already told that.
> DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
> DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,,1)
Do these two change anything if not loaded? I think at least DISPLAY.SYS
remaps/changes the font table, so it might be a part of the equation.
> MODE CON CODEPAGE PREPARE=((850) C:\DOS\EGA.CPI)
> MODE CON CODEPAGE SELECT=850
Likewise with these, I suggest trying without them.
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