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26-12-2007 01:03 PM

_r.u.s.s.

ok, i guess the beginner got flamed on enough :P

26-12-2007 10:53 AM

dosraider

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_fifth_horseman

Maybe this would get their attention for a bit.

Oh yes, sure, as much as Sticky: A beginner's guide to DOSBox is always consulted before posting questions.

26-12-2007 07:31 AM

The Fifth Horseman

You know they never read the readmes, Luchsen.

Methinks, the documentation should be included in a separate file named "Manual". Maybe this would get their attention for a bit.

25-12-2007 09:22 PM

Luchsen

I don't want to sound swotty, but if you would have consulted the DOSBox readme, you would have gotten this:

Quote:

Q: I can't type \ or : in DOSBox.
A: This is a known problem. It only occurs if your keyboard layout isn't US.
Some possible fixes:
1. Switch the keyboard layout of your operating system.
2. Use / instead.
3. Open dosbox.conf and change usescancodes=false to usescancodes=true.
4. Add the commands you want to execute to the "configfile".
5. Change the DOS keyboard layout (see Section 7 Keyboard Layout).
6. Use ALT-58 for : and ALT-92 for \.
7. for \ try the keys around "enter". For ":" try shift and the keys
between "enter" and "l" (US keyboard layout).
8. Try keyb.com from FreeDOS (http://projects.freedos.net/keyb/).
Look for keyb2.0 pre4 as older and newer versions are known to
have a bug in the loader routines.

25-12-2007 06:45 PM

dosraider

The keyboardmapping will not always work ingame, so you're better of learning the keys in standard dosbox.

Two possibilities to easily resolve this problem:
-> or use / instead, does the same as \ in dosbox ( the / in numpadblock)

If you're on a laptop without numpadblock simply search for the / or the \ by hitting all keys, try first the ones besides left shift, that's where it usually can be found.

US non-shifted:
click ->

US shifted
click ->

25-12-2007 06:15 PM

Mighty Midget

DOSBox is by default set to US keyboard layout (I think). You can change the keyboard layout in the DOSBox configuration file. Unfortunately, I'm on a borrowed pc at the moment with no DOSBox on it, but there is documentation out there on how to change the keyboard layout.

25-12-2007 05:18 PM

_r.u.s.s.

press ctrl+f1 and see the keyboard mapping

25-12-2007 04:32 PM

eye_opener

eye_opener's dilemma [a split from the guide]

interesting dilemma (to me anyway). Dos box does not recognize my "\" key. Instead it puts "}". Any idea how to fix this problem?

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