The default DOS configuration created by the SR 2 bootable CD distro
included this line in FDAUTO/AUTOEXEC.BAT:
LH KEYB UX,,C:\FDOS\bin\keybrd3.sys
As I was working with a machine and checking out the installation, I thought
I had a bad keyboard, since the apostrophe/quotation mark and grave
accent/tilde keys were not working for me.
What I finally figured out was that the keyboard was fine, but that the
keyboard command above installed an International US layout rather than a
standard US layout, and that these two layouts differ on their handling of
these keys.
I expect that this is by design, and that perhaps the brutish American (that
would be me), should just develop better international DOS skills.
I also understand now that KEYB, like NLSFUNC + CHCP, and DISPLAY + MODE CON
CODEPAGE, (and probably COUNTRY) are part of the provision for FreeDOS
International support, and that if I am happy with FreeDOS defaults - which
are probably US standard - then I can simply delete all those devices and
commands.
I imagine that the FreeDOS team will include ample documentation of the
installation defaults and FreeDOS International support as development
continues toward v1.0. But I thought it might be useful for someone to know
how the default installation played for one user.
--John Hupp
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