[fpc-pascal] question about changing default ASCII table in thefpc 2.2.0 IDE

[Noel and Marie]

Thanks Michael for the comment but that is what I am trying to do.  I have 
played with Properties->Font in a command shell (cmd.exe) without luck

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Van Canneyt" <michael at freepascal.org>
To: "FPC-Pascal users discussions" <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] question about changing default ASCII table in 
thefpc 2.2.0 IDE


>
>
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010, Noel and Marie wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to print a square root symbol using  write(chr(251)); as I 
>> could before SP3 for XP was installed on my PC.
>>
>> Currently am getting a superscript 1 rather than the square root symbol 
>> from write(chr(251)).
>>
>> I've tried the following kind suggestions of Tomas Hajny, unfortunately 
>> without success:
>>
>> 1.   In a command shell I entered
>>        CHCP 437     and then ran the program
>>
>> 2.  Modified the source code to include the Windows unit and added line 
>> setConsoleOutputCP(437);,
>>       compiled and then ran the program.
>>
>>
>> I  examined the registry settings   in directory Codepage.
>>       Name              Data
>>     (default )         (value not set)
>>       ...
>>       ACP                1252
>>       MACCP        10000
>>       OEMCP            850
>>       OEMHAL        vgaoem.fon
>>
>>       Changed OEMCP to 437     and got an accented 'u'.   Then restored 
>> the system.
>>
>> I wonder if anyone can suggest a solution to the problem.
>
> Have you tried simply using a different font for the console ?
>
> Michael.
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