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(MS-DOS and MULE): Make the wording about a single-codepage-until-reboot

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operation more careful, since third-party software breaks this limitation
to some degree.
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Eli Zaretskii 2001-04-07 08:00:51 +00:00
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@ -593,12 +593,15 @@ Each DOS codepage is identified by a 3-digit number, such as 850, 862,
etc.
In contrast to X, which lets you use several fonts at the same time,
MS-DOS doesn't allow use of several codepages in a single session.
Instead, MS-DOS loads a single codepage at system startup, and you must
reboot MS-DOS to change it@footnote{Normally, one particular codepage is
burnt into the display memory, while other codepages can be installed by
modifying system configuration files, such as @file{CONFIG.SYS}, and
rebooting.}. Much the same limitation applies when you run DOS
MS-DOS normally doesn't allow use of several codepages in a single
session. MS-DOS was designed to load a single codepage at system
startup, and require you to reboot in order to change
it@footnote{Normally, one particular codepage is burnt into the display
memory, while other codepages can be installed by modifying system
configuration files, such as @file{CONFIG.SYS}, and rebooting. While
third-party software is known to exist that allows to change the
codepage without rebooting, we describe here how a stock MS-DOS system
behaves.}. Much the same limitation applies when you run DOS
executables on other systems such as MS-Windows.
@cindex unibyte operation @r{(MS-DOS)}