KoalaTerm International Support

KoalaTerm works with localized Windows 95 and Windows NT system to support international character sets.

Because the host system you are connecting to may not use the same character set as Windows system, KoalaTerm provides code translating between the host character set and PC character set. When you input a character on PC keyboard, KoalaTerm picks up its code in PC character set, then translates it to the code in host character set, and sends the translated code to the host. When KoalaTerm receives a character from the host system, it translates the code in host character set to code in PC character set, and displays the PC code on Windows screen.
While KoalaTerm automatically detects the character set used by Windows system, you have to tell KoalaTerm the character sets used by your host system and applications on the host system. You do so by using Settings dialog.
There are settings for three character sets in "International" page of "KoalaTerm Settings" dialog tab. You may need to do some experiment to figure them out. You may have to try different choices for "Primary Set" or "Secondary Set". Most hosts only use "Primary Set" so you don't have to choose the "Secondary Set". And the "NRC" set should normally be disabled, unless you are using some kind of application following the DEC NRC specification.

Click here for a list of currently supported character sets by KoalaTerm.
Windows 95: Unlike Windows NT, it's not possible to display characters outside the native character set (determined when you install Windows 95).

If you need a specific character set which is not supported by KoalaTerm now and have complete code table or reference information for it, we would like to add additional character set support if possible. Please write to support@foxitsoftware.com for details.

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