Re: DOSEMU keyboard problem

[Danilo Godec <danilo.godec@agenda.si>]

On 8.2.2010 9:32, Danilo Godec wrote:
> I fixed the performance issue - there was a leftover .dosemurc in 
> users home directories, which included the '$_cpu_emu = "full"'.
>
> But I now have a new problem regarding keyboard. I'm using Netterm 
> telnet client, because it has excelent custom keyboard and character 
> mapping abilities and it supports pass-through printing. I need 
> mapping because the application is using an old, outdated and 
> non-standard YUSCII encoding (check 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YUSCII for more info).
>
> On new DOSEMU there is a problem - when I press one of the 'home', 
> 'end', 'page up', 'page down' or 'insert' keys, DOSEMU seems to 'hang' 
> - but not completely. It still accepts CTRL-C and 'space' - but 
> nothing else. This only happens if I use Netterm in conjunction with 
> new DOSEMU. 

I found out how I can 'escape' from that state - if I press 'ESC' 
quickly followed by 'ENTER', DOSEMU snaps out and I can continue using 
it... In keyscan codes, that's ^[^M ...

But still - how can I get these keys to work in DOSEMU?

   Regards, Danilo


> It works if I use Putty and it also works with  Netterm and old DOSEMU 
> (where the connection settings are exactly the same).
>
> I used 'showkey' to check what Netterm actually sends for those keys::
>
> HOME - ^[[1~
> END - ^[[4~
> PAGE UP - ^[[5~
> PAGE DOWN - ^[[6~
> INSERT - ^[[2~
>
> These codes are the same that Putty sends and these keys work both in 
> Linux (old and new server) and old DOSEMU...
>
> I tried changing '$_layout', but that didn't change anything.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>  Regards, Danilo
>
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