Thread: Re: patches for WIN32_CONSOLE problem

Re: patches for WIN32_CONSOLE problem

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Patch applied.  Thanks.

Yes, I removed the doc mentions of WIN32_CONSOLE already.

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Christoph Dalitz wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:45:22 -0400 (EDT)
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
> > >
> > >  a) Write documentation how the win32 console needs to be set up so that
> > >     psql can handle 8-bit characters.
> > >     Where should it be added? The Section "Installation on Windows" in the
> > >     Administrator's Guide seems natural to me.
> > >
> > >  b) Add code to psql that prints a warning on startup of psql when the
> > >     console codepage differs from the windows codepage, something like
> > >
> > >     Warning: Console codepage (850) differs from windows codepage (1252)
> > >              8-bit characters will not work correctly. See PostgreSQL
> > >              documentation "Installation on Windows" for details.
> >
> Attached are two patches:
>
>  - installdoc.patch contains an additional paragraph on the win32 console
>    codepage for the chapter "Installation on Windows"
>    Due to a lack of SGML-tools, I have only edited the text and not tested
>    the SGML code - please check it before merging into the CVS branch.
>
>  - psqlcodepage.patch adds the warning about a problematic codepage to psql.
>
>
> > > Could you please already remove the WIN32_CONSOLE and OemToChar/CharToOem stuff
> > > from psql? Sorry for the inconvenience generated by my ignorance.
> >
> Did you remove it also from the psql doc?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christoph

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