The OS/2 Version 2.0 installation program allows installation of bidirectional support for Arabic and Hebrew countries in a similar manner to other supported countries. The following configuration commands are affected:
Note that the bidirectional support will not become active at installation time; it requires an IPL of the system in order to load the correct drivers and the device monitors.
Arabic
The following commands are used in CONFIG.SYS to support those countries using the Arabic language:
COUNTRY=785,C:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS CODEPAGE=864,437 DEVINFO=KBD,AR,C:\OS2\KEYBOARD.DCP RUN=C:\OS2\SYSTEM\BDPRTM.EXE
For each SET VIO_xxx=DEVICE(BVHxxx), the BDBVH driver is appended after the name of the device-specific video handler. For example when installing support for a VGA display, the SET=VIO_VGA line will be:
SET VIO_VGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BDBVH)
Please refer to OS/2 Version 2.0 - Volume 5: Print Subsystem, GG24-3775 for details of using the DEVINFO statement to prepare a printer which supports the Arabic codepage, to use the codepage and any specific fonts associated with the codepage.
Hebrew
The following commands are used in CONFIG.SYS to support those countries using the Hebrew language:
COUNTRY=972,C:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS CODEPAGE=862,437 (or CODEPAGE=862,850) RUN=C:\OS2\SYSTEM\BDPRTM.EXE
For each SET VIO_xxx=DEVICE(BVHxxx), the BDBVH driver is appended after the name of the device specific video handler. For example when installing support for a VGA display, the SET=VIO_VGA line will be:
SET VIO_VGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BDBVH)
Please refer to OS/2 Version 2.0 - Volume 5: Print Subsystem, GG24-3775 for details of using the DEVINFO statement to prepare a printer which supports the Hebrew codepage, to use the codepage and any specific fonts associated with the codepage.