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 Configure the keyboard for a specific language.  Use XKeyb to configure
 a keyboard for a language other than United States English.

 Syntax: XKEYB [xx[,nnn[,[d:][path]file]]] [/E] [/ID:nnn]

 In your CONFIG.SYS file, use the following syntax:
   INSTALL=[[dos-drive:]dos-path]xkeyb.exe [xx[,[yyy][,[drive:]
           [path]filename]]] [/E] [/ID:nnn]

   xx           Keyboard code
   nnn          Code page
   d:path\file  The full path to a keyboard definition file.
                Default=KEYBOARD.SYS
   /E           Use an enhanced keyboard
   /ID:nnn      Specify the keyboard for countries that have more than
                one keyboard layout for the same language

 Notes        Values for xx, yyy, and nnn
 The following table shows the valid values for xx, yyy, and nnn.
 
Keyboard Keyboard Country or code Code page Identification Language (xx value) (y,y value) (nnn value)
Belgium be 850,437 Brazil br 850,437 Canadian-French cf 850,863 Czechoslovakia (Czech) cz 852,850 Czechoslovakia (Slovak) sl 852,850 Denmark dk 850,865 Finland su 850,437 France fr 850,437 120,189 Germany gr 850,437 Hungary hu 852,850 Italy it 850,437 141,142 Latin America la 850,437 Netherlands nl 850,437 Norway no 850,865 Poland pl 852,850 Portugal po 850,860 Spain sp 850,437 Sweden sv 850,437 Switzerland (French) sf 850,437 Switzerland (German) sg 850,437 United Kingdom uk 850,437 166,168 United States us 850,437 Yugoslavia yu 852,850
Installing code pages The code page you specify for yyy must be installed on your system. Displaying the current keyboard code and code page If you use the xkeyb command with no parameters or switches, FreeDOS lists the current keyboard code, the current keyboard's related code page, and the current code page used by your console (CON). The information is displayed in the following format: Current keyboard code: US code page: 437 Current CON code page: 437 Example: To use a German keyboard when your KEYBOARD.SYS file is in the DOS directory on drive C, type the following command: xkeyb gr,,c:\dos\keyboard.sys See Also: Chcp