Shift Tab not working in dosemu 1.0.2.1

Shift Tab not working in dosemu 1.0.2.1

[Ralph Alvy]

I'm running dosemu 1.0.2.1 under RedHat 8, using MSDOS as my dos 
environment. I notice that Shift Tab doesn't work in dosemu sessions. is 
there a way to make it work?

I also notice that in an X Window, dosemu fails to trap key combos like 
Alt-F4. That is, Alt-F4 closes the window instead of being used by the 
active DOS application. Is there a way to configure around this?

Re: Shift Tab not working in dosemu 1.0.2.1

[mrvoland]

Ralph Alvy wrote:

> I'm running dosemu 1.0.2.1 under RedHat 8, using MSDOS as my dos
> environment. I notice that Shift Tab doesn't work in dosemu sessions. is
> there a way to make it work?
> 
> I also notice that in an X Window, dosemu fails to trap key combos like
> Alt-F4. That is, Alt-F4 closes the window instead of being used by the
> active DOS application. Is there a way to configure around this?
> 
/etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf
$_rawkeyboard = (1)     # bypass normal keyboard input, maybe dangerous

-- 
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Re: Shift Tab not working in dosemu 1.0.2.1

[Ralph Alvy]

mrvoland wrote:
> Ralph Alvy wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'm running dosemu 1.0.2.1 under RedHat 8, using MSDOS as my dos
>>environment. I notice that Shift Tab doesn't work in dosemu sessions. is
>>there a way to make it work?
>>
>>I also notice that in an X Window, dosemu fails to trap key combos like
>>Alt-F4. That is, Alt-F4 closes the window instead of being used by the
>>active DOS application. Is there a way to configure around this?
>>
> 
> /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf
> $_rawkeyboard = (1)     # bypass normal keyboard input, maybe dangerous
> 

Hmmm...tried this, but it fails. I also tried all combinations of 
$_rawkeyboard and $_kybint, but none allow for Shift Tab.

Re: Shift Tab not working in dosemu 1.0.2.1

[Bart Oldeman]

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Ralph Alvy wrote:

> mrvoland wrote:
> >>I'm running dosemu 1.0.2.1 under RedHat 8, using MSDOS as my dos
> >>environment. I notice that Shift Tab doesn't work in dosemu sessions. is
> >>there a way to make it work?
> >
> > /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf
> > $_rawkeyboard = (1)     # bypass normal keyboard input, maybe dangerous
> >
>
> Hmmm...tried this, but it fails. I also tried all combinations of
> $_rawkeyboard and $_kybint, but none allow for Shift Tab.

these options are only effective on the console. If you're using
"dosemu" then try "xdosemu". For "xdosemu" you might want to try
alt+shift+tab or some other combo, or configure your window manager so
that it doesn't steal the key.

Bart

Re: Shift Tab not working in dosemu 1.0.2.1

[Ralph Alvy]

Bart Oldeman wrote:
>>Hmmm...tried this, but it fails. I also tried all combinations of
>>$_rawkeyboard and $_kybint, but none allow for Shift Tab.
> 
> 
> these options are only effective on the console. If you're using
> "dosemu" then try "xdosemu". For "xdosemu" you might want to try
> alt+shift+tab or some other combo, or configure your window manager so
> that it doesn't steal the key.
> 
> Bart

Thanks, Bart. I'll try these options on the console. Speaking of using 
console, I remember there being a way to force close a console session 
in the event of a hung application, but I can't seem to find the 
combination of keys to do that. I thought it was something like 
Ctrl-Alt-PgDn, but that fails to close the console. I need this because 
I'm trying to tweak my dosemu.conf in an attempt to see if I can get a 
certain app to stop hanging the session. In xdosemu, the hang stops with 
a movement of the mouse. In console, this fails to undo the hang, even 
though I see the pointer move on the screen in console when I move the 
mouse.

I'm using RedHat 8.

Re: Shift Tab not working in dosemu 1.0.2.1

[Justin Zygmont]

if you cannot switch to a vitrual console, then testing this in X would be 
easier to close the window when it hangs, other than that, i'm not sure.


On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Ralph Alvy wrote:

> Bart Oldeman wrote:
> >>Hmmm...tried this, but it fails. I also tried all combinations of
> >>$_rawkeyboard and $_kybint, but none allow for Shift Tab.
> > 
> > 
> > these options are only effective on the console. If you're using
> > "dosemu" then try "xdosemu". For "xdosemu" you might want to try
> > alt+shift+tab or some other combo, or configure your window manager so
> > that it doesn't steal the key.
> > 
> > Bart
> 
> Thanks, Bart. I'll try these options on the console. Speaking of using 
> console, I remember there being a way to force close a console session 
> in the event of a hung application, but I can't seem to find the 
> combination of keys to do that. I thought it was something like 
> Ctrl-Alt-PgDn, but that fails to close the console. I need this because 
> I'm trying to tweak my dosemu.conf in an attempt to see if I can get a 
> certain app to stop hanging the session. In xdosemu, the hang stops with 
> a movement of the mouse. In console, this fails to undo the hang, even 
> though I see the pointer move on the screen in console when I move the 
> mouse.
> 
> I'm using RedHat 8.
> 
> 
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Re: Shift Tab not working in dosemu 1.0.2.1

[Ralph Alvy]

Justin Zygmont wrote:
> if you cannot switch to a vitrual console, then testing this in X would be 
> easier to close the window when it hangs, other than that, i'm not sure.

Oh, I can switch out of the console with the hung dos app, but I can't 
logout of that console and then start again. Or at least I don't know 
how to.

Re: Shift Tab not working in dosemu 1.0.2.1

[Bart Oldeman]

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Ralph Alvy wrote:

> Justin Zygmont wrote:
> > if you cannot switch to a vitrual console, then testing this in X would be
> > easier to close the window when it hangs, other than that, i'm not sure.
>
> Oh, I can switch out of the console with the hung dos app, but I can't
> logout of that console and then start again. Or at least I don't know
> how to.

you'd have to switch to another vc, kill the dosemu from there and switch
back.

Or use
Ctrl-6 c Ctrl-6 a PgDn
(on a US keyboard) which simulates ctrl-alt-pgdn in terminal mode. Hit
Ctrl-6 h
for help.

Note that in 1.0.2.1 (as opposed to 1.1.5) $_rawkeyboard does not work
unless you are root or make dosemu.bin suid-root. In general at this stage
it would be worth trying dosemu 1.1.5 if you encounter problems with
1.0.2.1.

The shift-alt-f4 trick has nothing to do with the console, that's just for
X.

Bart