Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 20:16:48 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
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Subject: Re: info core dumps
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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.