bug#15289: closed (24.3.50; cannot type non-ascii characters using right alt, cp852, windows console (non-gui cmd terminal))

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right alt, cp852, windows console (non-gui cmd terminal)
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #15289,
regarding 24.3.50; cannot type non-ascii characters using right alt, cp852, 
windows console (non-gui cmd terminal)
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> 24.3.50; cannot type non-ascii characters using right alt, cp852, windows console (non-gui cmd terminal)
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> Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:49:04 +0200
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> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120824 Thunderbird/15.0
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> Before starting emacs with -nw -Q I type unicode x107 character
> with AltGr-c. In emacs it does not work, despite doing
> set-keyboard-coding-system cp852
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> It works only in emacs 22.3.1, not in 23, 24 nor in current repo.
> I can see the character if I enter it using polish-slash method (/c).
> In this old emacs it works out of the box, with pure -nw.
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> In current emacs AltGr-c is translated into C-g. Similar
> simplifications happen to other right alt combination, that
> should give me Polish characters.
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> In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
>  of 2013-09-06 on BONSOFTW7
> Bzr revision: 114155 dmantipov@yandex.ru-20130906084914-763iiixlqgy5v1fw
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
> Configured using:
>  `configure --without-makeinfo'
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> Important settings:
>   value of $LANG: PLK
>   locale-coding-system: cp1250
>   default enable-multibyte-characters: t
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> Major mode: Lisp Interaction
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> Minor modes in effect:
>   tooltip-mode: t
>   mouse-wheel-mode: t
>   tool-bar-mode: t
>   menu-bar-mode: t
>   file-name-shadow-mode: t
>   global-font-lock-mode: t
>   font-lock-mode: t
>   auto-composition-mode: t
>   auto-encryption-mode: t
>   auto-compression-mode: t
>   line-number-mode: t
>   transient-mark-mode: t
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> Recent input:
> M-x r e p o r t <tab> <return>
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> Recent messages:
> ("D:\\Program_Files\\emacs-master\\bin\\emacs.exe")
> For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
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> Re: bug#15289: 24.3.50; cannot type non-ascii characters using right alt, cp852, windows console (non-gui cmd terminal)
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> Sun, 22 Aug 2021 11:34:02 +0300
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> > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  Jarek Czekalski
> >  <jarekczek@poczta.onet.pl>,  15289@debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:31:00 +0200
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> > Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
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> > >> Emacs uses Unicode keyboard input on Windows, so setting
> > >> keyboard-coding-system will have no effect, except on Windows 9X.
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> > > Then why not mention that in the Elisp manual and perhaps in the doc
> > > string for `set-keyboard-coding-system'?
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> > Eli, is this something that should be documented (if it's still the
> > case -- this is a seven year old bug report)?
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> Right, I amended the relevant documentation, and I'm closing this bug
> report.
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> Thanks.
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