Shift key broken in one application

Shift key broken in one application

[Curt Daugaard]

Does anyone know how to fix a non-functioning shift key that only
shows up in one application under Dosemu?

I'm trying to use the Nota Bene word processor (v. 4.5).  I can't
get capital letters with either shift key.

The shift keys work fine in every other application I've used under
Dosemu.

I'm running dosemu 1.0.2

Any troubleshooting tips or fixes appreciated.  

Thanks.

Curt

Re: Shift key broken in one application

[Stas Sergeev]

Hello.

Curt Daugaard wrote:
> Does anyone know how to fix a non-functioning shift key that only
> shows up in one application under Dosemu?
> I'm running dosemu 1.0.2
Keyboard code of 1.0.x dosemu is no longer
supported. You have to upgrade and try out a
new code. This doesn't necessary solve your
problems, but at least this is a kind of supported
a bit more than not at all:)
I have collected the keyboard-related patches here
(as Stephen Lee asked to):
http://dosemu.sourceforge.net/stas/kbd_patches.tar.gz
They seem to fix most of the currently known problems.

Re: Shift key broken in one application

[Stas Sergeev]

Hello.

Per Jessen wrote:
>>Keyboard code of 1.0.x dosemu is no longer
>>supported. You have to upgrade and try out a
>>new code. This doesn't necessary solve your 
> Is this correct ?
Officially - probably not, but this is how the
things are going right now for quite some time.

> 1.0.2 is the current stable release.
1.0.2.1

> If some of
> the code is no longer supported, shouldn't we have a 1.0.3 that uses
> the new keyboard code ?
1.1.3.2 uses it. As for 1.0.x - it's future is
unclear. We haven't heard from that people for
quite too long, so my own opinion is that 1.0.x
is dead and anyone who using it is on his own with
his problems.
I don't want to piss off Bart or Hans so I repeat:
this is only my own opinion which you can ignore
and keep waiting for 1.0.3 :)

Re: Shift key broken in one application

[Bart Oldeman]

On Sat, 24 Aug 2002, Per Jessen wrote:

> Again, not according to www.dosemu.org. Here only 1.0.2 is listed,
> although the patch for 1.0.2.1 is also there.
> I'm not saying that 1.0.2.1 is NOT the current stable release, I'm
> just pointing out that www.dosemu.org says something else.
> (or is does the 1.0.2 package include 1.0.2.1 ?)

Yes, I'll update it to say 1.0.2.1. I already removed the 1.0.2 binary
links there a few weeks ago.

> This is a reality, I agree, but not what is documented. Which is
> what I wanted to point out.

Essentially the best thing that could happen is that someone would step up
and help Hans to maintain the stable series.

> >I don't want to piss off Bart or Hans so I repeat:
> >this is only my own opinion which you can ignore
> >and keep waiting for 1.0.3 :)
>
> Nono, I'm using 1.1.3.2 too - maybe it's time to announce
> 1.1.3 as stable ??

No. The new keyboard code in 1.1.3.x is still relatively untested.
The plan is to stabilize 1.1.3.x, 1.1.4, maybe 1.1.5 into 1.2.0.

This is just the things are - use dosemu-1.0.2.1; if you need a specific
feature or fix that is only in 1.1.3 then use that (on your own risk).

That 1.1.3 happens to be more stable in many circumstances is just a
curiosity ;)

Bart