Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!houxm!homxb!gritz From: gritz@homxb.UUCP (R.SHARPLES) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: switchar Message-ID: <2234@homxb.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Dec-86 09:42:16 EST Article-I.D.: homxb.2234 Posted: Tue Dec 9 09:42:16 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 19:54:40 EST References: <1402@uw-june>> <2690001@hplsla.HP.COM> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel Lines: 9 Summary: there has been some discussion of how to get a swchar function under DOS. You can also use the dos ansi.sys capability to redefine the character transmitted by the keyboard when you hit / or \. This can be done by echoing the proper ESC sequence in autoexec. Since this is just redefining the keyboard signal, it does not effect programs that utilitze the original sequence. I know this works under MSDOS 3.1. See page G-10 of the MSDOS 3.1 manual. Russ Sharples homxb!gritz