Re: keys under dosemu

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

still trying to figure out how to retrieve Alt-Backspace.  I've experimented with at 
least half a dozen different terminals without success.

is there no way to do it in the .conf file?  I finally came across the DOSEMU 
Alterer's Novices Guide (there is no README.newkbd in my /dosemu/doc) which I 
guess is for adjusting & recompiling, which is a little beyond me, however perhaps 
with a little guidance...

-rafe t.

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:37:07 -0500 (EST), 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.
>
>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
>>
>
>