This key should be implemented in the next DOSBox version, with some other major keyboard enhacement for non US keyboards users (guess what 😉)

Indeed...non-US keyboard support sucks right now.

In 0.61, german keyboard layout worked out-of-the-box, but I have not yet been able to get it working properly in 0.63 (the mapper is next-to-useless).

This needs to be fixed!

Anonymous wrote:

Indeed...non-US keyboard support sucks right now.
In 0.61, german keyboard layout worked out-of-the-box, but I have not yet been able to get it working properly in 0.63 (the mapper is next-to-useless).
This needs to be fixed!

Before saying the next time what sucks or not read README and search forum (before coming and showing your ignorance and bad behaviour here). DOSBOX precisely emulates how it was in DOS (US keyboard + you can can use KEYB for national keyboard). There are resons why it is like that.

In future KEYB functionality will be integrated into DOSBOX. Till then KEYB is fully working (with possible exception of that missing key - but I think there should be probably a German layout available for a keyboard without that key - there used to be keyboads which just did not have it).

Mirek

> In 0.61, german keyboard layout worked out-of-the-box
so why did EVERY german user complain that the \
did not work?

FWIW, there are some weird differences in the keyboard handling from 0.61 to 0.63.

E.g. on my Danish keyboard, I have a normal key with "<", ">" (with Shift) and "\" (with AltGr) to the left of the ZXCVBNM keys.

In DOSBox 0.61 I get "<", ">" and ... nothing from that key.
In DOSBox 0.63 I get "\", "|" and nothing.

On the far right, just before the Right-Shift key, I have a key with "-" (dash) and "_" (underscore).

In 0.61 I get the expected characters "-" and "_".
In 0.63 I get the rather unexpected "/" and "?".

AFAICR, 0.63 is closer to the real thing than 0.61.

I try to use

KEYB SV,,KEYBOARD.SYS

in config file for swedish keyboard but I only got "incorrect DOS version". Which version of KEYB and KEYBOARD.SYS should be used?

in the readme of dosbox you will find a link.

Lol. just found out how this keymapper works.
For those who are not understand this tool (semms to be some ppl. 😀
press the button on the Layout the press the same button (not the key on you keyboard.) with that you can remap your keyboard to the US layout 😀
Neverthe less I would like to use keyb. But how can I copy it in the Z folder? where is that. I did not find this on the forum and in Dokumentation.
(I admit I searched Doku mainly)
thx the answer 😀 Good dossing 😀

Simple answer: you can't. The Z drive is virtual, there is no folder on your hard disk that corresponds to it. To use extra utilities in dosbox, put the files anywhere you like, then mount that dir.

I have one dir where I put all the extra stuff (dos32a, a small editor, cwsdpmi and other things I found useful), and my global dosbox.conf mounts that dir as drive S (for "system"), while the game to play is C (and D for cdrom). That keeps things well separated.

Thanks,Moe.One question,please: To create and fill that S directory,one must be on Windows,Dos prompt or Dosbox?
My thanks in advance.

I see. Maybe it would be an otion then to have a list which utils can be loaded extra to the Z drve 😀
fed1943. Do you mean for filling the Directory you want to mount?
No I thinki not. Just put everything in a dir and mount this one like
mount s c:\mydos\
thatsit 😀

I really mean create and fill the directory (not mounting,that I already learned).
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,