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Why doesn't Alt-Pause seem to work on a Mac (to enter debug mode)

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First post, by simoncfr

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I have built and compiled dosbox-x on my macbook pro, and sure enough, debug mode works. However, once I tell it to start running I am not able to break back to the debugger.

Macbooks don't have Pause keys, though these are supposed to be F16; however, Option-F16 does nothing once the emulator begins.

I have tried using the remapper to map "pause" to another key, but that doesn't actually seem to help either. It behaves the same as F16 in the sense that Alt-remapped key does nothing, but control-remapped key sends a ^C signal... but that doesn't take me back to the debugger.

Any ideas? Is there something simple that I am missing? Or did I make a mistake when compiling?

Thanks for your help!