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 >> > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html