Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Repos

2025-06-23 Thread Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel
> On Jun 23, 2025, at 5:33 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-devel > wrote: > >  > Hi! > > Quick question... > > Does the online FDRepo v3 data also support existing > installations which expect older data online, or will > everybody who has installed FreeDOS in the recent past > have to reinstall

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Repos

2025-06-23 Thread Eric Auer via Freedos-devel
Hi! Quick question... Does the online FDRepo v3 data also support existing installations which expect older data online, or will everybody who has installed FreeDOS in the recent past have to reinstall and/or update repo handling tools? Regards, Eric PS: I also think we should keep offering

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Repos

2025-06-23 Thread Eric Auer via Freedos-devel
Hi! I think it is probable best to use values "Ä” instead of "Ä” for the “Ä” character. It is likely to be supported better than using name on some browsers. I disagree. Auml tells the browser what you want, kind of. Using numbers would just rely on the font to be complete. If I would write

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Repos

2025-06-23 Thread Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel
> On Jun 23, 2025, at 8:15 AM, Fritz Mueller via Freedos-devel > wrote: > > Ah, I understand. The problem is close to what we have with htmlhelp. > > Have a look at: https://www.wolfgang-frank.eu/hc.php Thank you for this link. It is a great page and I like it better than the W3C version.

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Repos

2025-06-23 Thread Fritz Mueller via Freedos-devel
Ah, I understand. The problem is close to what we have with htmlhelp.   Have a look at: https://www.wolfgang-frank.eu/hc.php   and search for ä Ä ö Ö ü Ü and ß   you will also find alternative characters for replacement there. If you send me a copy I think I can do it if you tell me which re

Re: [Freedos-devel] DOSLFN, Was: FreeDOS Repos

2025-06-23 Thread Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel
> > Another question: Will Bernd worry about doslfn? > > Willi > First, thank you Willi for initially discovering this problem. During the online-meeting, we discussed several things. But, nearly all of that time was spent on FDRepo and the DOSLFN problem. To remind everyone… When some p

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Repos

2025-06-23 Thread Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel
Hi Willi, > On Jun 23, 2025, at 6:31 AM, Fritz Mueller via Freedos-devel > wrote: > > Hi Jerome, > german uses only the special characters: äÄ, öÖ,üÜ and ß, these are even part > of CP 437. > So I think adding german should work. > You can find the characters äöü at > https://fd.lod.bz/reposi

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Repos

2025-06-23 Thread Fritz Mueller via Freedos-devel
Hi Jerome, german uses only the special characters: äÄ, öÖ,üÜ and ß, these are even part of CP 437. So I think adding german should work. You can find the characters äöü at https://fd.lod.bz/repository/latest/html/de/index.html.   I am sure ÄÖÜ will work too.   So it is enough to simply copy