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Date:	Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:16:32 PST8
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: MR/2 and Seamonkey

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Steven Levine wrote:
> In <200603080226.k282QfdR221740@pimout7-ext.prodigy.net>, on 03/07/06
> at 06:26 PM, sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro) said:
>
>>> I looked in Mozilla 1.7.8 (I'm getting pretty far behind on this
>>> machine) by typing "about:config" in the address field, and filtering on
>>> "code", but I didn't see anything that would indicate the browser uses
>>> its own CODEPAGE setting.
>
>> My Config.sys has the statement:
>
>> CODEPAGE=437,850
>
>> I assume that is the default.
>
> Colin is correct. This is where the browser is picking up the codepage to
> use. Your's is not incorrect, but it is somewhat reversed for current
> usage. Try using
>
> CODEPAGE=850,437
>
> and see if you can start Seamonkey without the 2 parameter.
>
> FWIW, this statement establishes the primary and secondary code page used
> by command line applications. GUI apps usually use the primary codepage
> by default, but, if properly code, they can use any code page and the code
> page can be changed on the fly. This is not the case for command line
> apps.
>
> Another FWIW, you are running on eastern time. You might want to change
> your TZ setting to
>
> TZ=PST8PDT.
>
>
> Steven
>
I am very happy! I got this e-mail seven times, and every time it said
"Colin is correct"! Of course, I would be even more proud if I'd been
correct about seven different things....

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