Re: keys under dosemu

[Frantisek Hanzlik <franta@hanzlici.cz>]

ray field wrote:
>> I just tried run small freeware DOS program "ScanCode Show" (scode.com
>>from scode22.zip from Simtelnet) which display scancodes - as You can
>> see on attached screenshot, both "Alt-Backspace" and "Ctrl-Insert" are
>> captured by scode.
>> And when I disable (by gnome-keybinding-properties prog) GNOME default
>> binded keys ALT-F1, ALT-F2, ALT-F4, ALT-F8,... then these are available
>> for DOSEMU programs as well.
>> Then I think there isn't any problem use these combinations in Your DOS
>> programs.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Franta Hanzlik
>
>
> ok, I've got some catching up to do, and the documentation assumes more comfort
> &  understanding than I have.
>
> I downloaded and ran scode, and obtained 0E00 as the value for ctrl-bkspace.

For me it show 0E08 for bkspace (and shift-bkspace too), 0E7F for ctrl-bkspace
and 0E00 for alt-bkspace.

>
> are you suggesting that since I know that the value of the keystroke, I can use a
> keyboard statement in dosemu.conf?
I think, when You disable capturing Your keys in Linux window manager (and/or X),
then is no need for further configuration in dosemu.conf - You app obtain these
keys equally as under plai DOS system.

Franta Hanzlik

>
> I tried entering
>
> 	keyboard {  layout us {alt 14=00E0} ... }
>
> which gave
>
> In file included from built-in global.conf:122
>   from :122
>   Error in /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf: (line 672) unrecognized expression 'E0'
>   Error in /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf: (line 672) syntax error
>   2 error(s) detected while parsing the configuration-file
>
> I also tried
>
> 	keytable keyb-user {alt14=00E0}
>
> with similar results.  I'm sure I am way off, though!
>
> thanks --
>
> rafe
>
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:25:02 +0100, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote:
>
>> ray field wrote:
>>> Trying to switch over from OS/2 to Ubuntu via this neat little eeePC.  My primary
>>> word processor is XyWrite, which runs fairly well under Dosemu for the most
> part.
>>> * In WyWrite I am used to using Alt-Backspace (to delete the previous word) --
> for
>>> so long, it's now second nature.  Searching "dosemu alt-backspace" keeps
> yielding
>>> references to "ctrl-alt-backspace" which isn't what I want.  Finally I found that
>>> someone says "Alt-Backspace and Ctrl-Insert... are not available for the BIOS
> (at
>>> least in DOSemu!)"  Is this true, and if so, is there any chance a future DOSemu
> (or
>>> Freedos) will overcome this?
>>>
>>> * I'd also like to remap some of the default Linux/Dosemu keys -- for example,
>>> Alt-F2 is very useful in Ubuntu for running a command, but while in Dosemu I'd
>>> prefer to let XyWrite handle it.  Is this possible?
>>>
>>> -Rafe Tennenbaum
>> --
>> I just tried run small freeware DOS program "ScanCode Show" (scode.com
>>from scode22.zip from Simtelnet) which display scancodes - as You can
>> see on attached screenshot, both "Alt-Backspace" and "Ctrl-Insert" are
>> captured by scode.
>> And when I disable (by gnome-keybinding-properties prog) GNOME default
>> binded keys ALT-F1, ALT-F2, ALT-F4, ALT-F8,... then these are available
>> for DOSEMU programs as well.
>> Then I think there isn't any problem use these combinations in Your DOS
>> programs.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Franta Hanzlik