Re: keys under dosemu

["ray field" <rayyfield@verizon.net>]

>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.

are you suggesting that since I know that the value of the keystroke, I can use a 
keyboard statement in dosemu.conf?

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
>