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eduperez is offline eduperez
2010-12-29 , 17:06
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Does anyone know of a virtul keyboard that works with ANY software, specially with dosbox and scummvm?

The built-in virtual keyboard does not work. I also tried xvkbd, from open debian, but it runs as an applitacion, and not on top of other applications.

Or, does anyone know how to use the function keys in dosbox? That is, how to map some keys or some key combination to a function key?

Thanks a lot.
 
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javispedro is offline javispedro
2010-12-29 , 17:34
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Originally Posted by eduperez View Post
The built-in virtual keyboard does not work.
I have a DOSBox version that works with the virtual keyboard (well, I only tested with N8x0 but should work on N900). However, the Maemo/Hildon virtual keyboard doesn't have function keys.


Originally Posted by eduperez View Post
Or, does anyone know how to use the function keys in dosbox? That is, how to map some keys or some key combination to a function key?
Search for "rover.sys" (N900) or selene.sys (N810). This will map the F1-F10 keys to Shift+Fn+[1234567890]
 
eduperez is offline eduperez
2011-01-04 , 23:59
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Javier, you're the one who compiled doxbox for maemo? Congratulations, and thank you for this excelent piece of software!


Originally Posted by javispedro View Post
I have a DOSBox version that works with the virtual keyboard (well, I only tested with N8x0 but should work on N900). However, the Maemo/Hildon virtual keyboard doesn't have function keys.
No, the virtual keyboard does not appear on N900, not the virtual keyboard nor the extra keyboard that is accessed pressing the blue key + Ctrl.
It does not have function keys, but can be edited somehow...

Originally Posted by javispedro View Post
Search for "rover.sys" (N900) or selene.sys (N810). This will map the F1-F10 keys to Shift+Fn+[1234567890]
Yes, that is correct; but I can't get other keys, such as ctrl+F1 to use dosbox keyboard mapper.
 
eduperez is offline eduperez
2011-01-05 , 00:15
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#4
How to make Drascula work in N900 (or rather, how to save and load games).

I downloaded scummvm and drascula, but was unable to play it because I couldn't save/load games. Drascula show the load/save screen when you press F10, but there is no F10! So, I did the following:

download
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/poo...20-1_armel.deb

Install it going to a terminal, going to the directory where the file is located and typing:
Code:
sudo dpkg --install --ignore-depends=libc6 xdotool_20080720-1_armel.deb
Then create a file named sendf10.sh
Code:
sleep 5 
xdotool key F10
echo Enter to continue
read foo
To run it, type:
Code:
sh  sendf10.sh
Now you have 5 seconds to switch to Drascula. This script waits for 5 seconds and then sends a F10 keypress to the active window.

You can also use other keys, for instance
Code:
xdotool key ctrl+F1
to send a control+F1 to Dosbox and start its keyboard mapper.
 
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2011-01-05 , 13:41
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If you just want the mapper, typw "mapper" at the dosbox command prompt.

But with the Dosbox mapper you're not going to be able to map all keys. Also, rover.sys will work for F10 (but won't for Ctrl+F*).
 
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