Korean Job Discussion Forums

[chiaa]

I have English win xp with sp2.

Now, I have a standard Korean keyboard. I can type Korean or English no problem with it. That seems to be all set up just fine. But, I cannot get the Korean Won symbol to work. I remember back in the day when I was running windows 2000 or 98 I had the Won symbol but was bitching as I had problems with not having a \.

So now, I have a \ and a | but no Won symbol (they are all assigned to the same key spot and back when I had 2000 running I use to wonder how the hell koreans used a \) and now I am bitching that I dont have the Won symbol. I need it here for my little POS (with the POS if I have my region setting as USA then I get a $ and when set to Korean I should get the Won sign, but I get \ instead).

Here is the real kicker. When I navigate through my HD it shold read C:\ or a larger example C:\mydocuments\book\chapter1.txt Instead I get C:(Won Symbol) or a larger example C:(Won symbol)mydocuments(won symbol) book(won symbol)chapter1.txt ******Remember I cannot type the won symbol so I pit it in (****).

To sum it up, I cannot type the won symbol and my navigation through my HD shows a won symbol instead of a \ . I believe that if I am actually able to type the Won symbol then my POS will display the Won symbol and not a \.

[the_beaver]

Change your font to a Korean font in the word processor.

[jazblanc77]

Yeah, I've had the same problem for a year on my laptop. I have yet to find a solution for typing emails, writing on forums, etc. If anyone has a solution, I would be very pleased to hear it.

[chiaa]

[chiaa]

[agraham]

In dos type 'CHCP'.
type 'MODE CON CP'
If you see 949 in both cases dos is using the korean "codepage", also known as the system locale. You should be able to change this to the English Windows default by typing 'CHCP 437'.
You can change this permanently: look at "Language for non-Unicode Programs" on the "Advanced" tab of the "Regional and Language Options" control panel. On Windows 2K it's the "Set Default..." button on the "General" tab of the "Regional Options" control panel.
Note that if you do this, any non-Unicode (ie dos, old Windows and otherwise crappy) programs that require the Korean codepage will not work correctly. For example I run the "Tachy" korean chat program, and -- since the programers that made it have not stepped into the nineties and recoded it to work work correctly on international systems -- I have to keep my system locale set to Korean at all times in order for it to work. This means when I'm in dos I just have to live with won signs instead of backslashes. Most Korean systems are set up this way, so you might as well get used to it in any case.
Note that this is all totally different from the language that you select on the "Regional Options" tab (in XP) or the misnamed "Your locale" setting on the "General" tab (on Win2K). That is known as the "user locale" and all that changes is currencies and sort-orders and stuff.
If you really want to make oldschool non-unicode Windows programs like Tachy see the Korean codepage and dos see the English one that is possible with a little hackery, but I can't remember how to do it right now, so I'd have to a little reading to remind me.
As for not being able to type won signs, I would guess that you have US keyboard associated with the hangeul IME. (The IME business is known as the input locale). Changing the input locale, system locale, user locale, or any of the *beep* mentioned above does not necessarily change your keyboard layout! You can change the association by hitting the "Details..." button on the "Languages" tab on that "Regional and Language Options control panel. (That's in XP.) On 2000, go to the "Input Locales" tab, select the hangeul IME, hit the "Properties..." button (not the "IME Settings..." button) and change the keyboard there.
As if it's not complicated enough, this MAY not work correctly if the keyboard is showing up in the device manager as a US keyboard, although you haven't mentioned any problems with your language toggle key or your hanja key, so it's probably installed correctly.
In my previous life as a programmer I was in charge of internationalization and it almost drove me insane.