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FreeDOS 1.2, 1.3, 1.4+ Installer
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When installing from the Live Environment Mode, language selection is not offered #12

Closed cardpuncher closed 2 years ago

cardpuncher commented 4 years ago

This is rather a feature request: it would be nice if the user had the possibility to select his or her language after typing SETUP.BAT in the live environment mode as with the direct installation option from the startup menu.

shidel commented 4 years ago

That is not a bug or error. The live environment assumes and sets the language to English (set LANG=EN). The installer sees the setting and skips asking. FDI does several things at startup to attempt to reduce asking questions. One of those is language detection. It will also skip asking when it manages to import that information from a pre-existing install.

If you change it before launching SETUP.BAT, like set lang=tr, then SETUP will switch fonts and run in Turkish.

To have it prompt, clear the language setting. set LANG=

The LiveCD should actually have some simple program like maybe SETLANG that allows easy switching and codepage setup for multi-language users. I will probably create one that calls on SETUP to just do a quick language selection and exit without the install stuff.

shidel commented 2 years ago

Forgot about this. But, done now... Will be in next release 1.3-Final. See GitLab Issue

cardpuncher commented 2 years ago

On 14.12.2021 23:58, shidel wrote:

Forgot about this. But, done now... Will be in next release 1.3-Final. See GitLab Issue https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/OS/builder/-/issues/3

Thank you! If there's an RC6, I'll give it a try for sure, otherwise in 1.3. I think we can happily close this report now :)

shidel commented 2 years ago

I just made the installer ignore the LANG setting on the LiveCD. If it can manage to parse that information from a pre-existing installation, it will use that setting.

Also, I didn't make a SETLANG to easily change languages... Yet... But, I did create a separate GitLab issue (feature request) for doing that sort of thing. So, at least this request can be closed. :-)

shidel commented 2 years ago

fixed