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platform:umlaut_and_other_foreign_character_on_the_command_line [2013/03/08 17:45] support created |
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To correct this, we need to select a font for the Command Window that allows the 1252 code page; we can do this as follows: | To correct this, we need to select a font for the Command Window that allows the 1252 code page; we can do this as follows: | ||
- | Open a command window | + | Open a command window \\ |
- | Right mouse click in the title window. | + | Right mouse click in the title window \\ |
- | Pick Lucida Console as the font (Raster Fonts do not work) | + | Pick Lucida Console as the font\\ |
+ | (Raster Fonts do not work) \\ | ||
and click OK. | and click OK. | ||
The DOS utility CHCP is used to switch to a different code page: | The DOS utility CHCP is used to switch to a different code page: | ||
- | CHCP 1252 | + | CHCP 1252\\ |
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+ | The log of a GAMS run will now show the correct foreign characters, but so will the DOS TYPE command. | ||