[Lazarus] Query re Bug: Box ASCII graphics characters don't display properly in DOS-command prompt window

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

A. Saluk schrieb:

> The Bug:  When running a FreePascal executable, when it uses ASCII 
> character set box-drawing characters (ASCII values 176 thru 223) for 
> on-screen display, sometimes these characters display properly, as box 
> characters.  Other times they display wrongly, as linguistic symbols.  
> The problem manifests when on my computer the DOS-command prompt window 
> link settings are such that the display font is set to Lucinda Console; 
> here linguistic symbols appear.  If, however, the display font for the 
> DOS-command prompt window is set to Raster Fonts, the proper box 
> characters will show.

It may help to change the console codepage to OEM. At the DOS prompt: 
CHCP 437.

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