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24.3.50; cannot type non-ascii characters using right alt, cp852, windows console (non-gui cmd terminal)

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15289: closed (24.3.50; cannot type non-ascii characters
 using right alt, cp852, windows console (non-gui cmd terminal))
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:35:01 +0000

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From: Jarek Czekalski <jarekczek <at> poczta.onet.pl>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.50; cannot type non-ascii characters using right alt, cp852,
 windows console (non-gui cmd terminal)
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:49:04 +0200

Before starting emacs with -nw -Q I type unicode x107 character
with AltGr-c. In emacs it does not work, despite doing
set-keyboard-coding-system cp852

It works only in emacs 22.3.1, not in 23, 24 nor in current repo.
I can see the character if I enter it using polish-slash method (/c).
In this old emacs it works out of the box, with pure -nw.

In current emacs AltGr-c is translated into C-g. Similar
simplifications happen to other right alt combination, that
should give me Polish characters.

In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2013-09-06 on BONSOFTW7
Bzr revision: 114155 dmantipov <at> yandex.ru-20130906084914-763iiixlqgy5v1fw
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --without-makeinfo'

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: PLK
  locale-coding-system: cp1250
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
M-x r e p o r t <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
("D:\\Program_Files\\emacs-master\\bin\\emacs.exe")
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.

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None found.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 15289-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jarekczek <at> poczta.onet.pl, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#15289: 24.3.50; cannot type non-ascii characters using
 right alt, cp852, windows console (non-gui cmd terminal)
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 11:34:02 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Jarek Czekalski
>  <jarekczek <at> poczta.onet.pl>,  15289 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:31:00 +0200
> 
> Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:
> 
> >> Emacs uses Unicode keyboard input on Windows, so setting
> >> keyboard-coding-system will have no effect, except on Windows 9X.
> >
> > Then why not mention that in the Elisp manual and perhaps in the doc
> > string for `set-keyboard-coding-system'?
> 
> Eli, is this something that should be documented (if it's still the
> case -- this is a seven year old bug report)?

Right, I amended the relevant documentation, and I'm closing this bug
report.

Thanks.

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