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Wordperfect 5.1 and Dosbox

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First post, by Forboding Angel

Posted on 2011-08-24, 23:45

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Using latest version.

First off, i have remapped all the key combinations in dosbox so that they do not interfere with wordperfect key combinations.

However, for some reason, there is a key combination in dosbox "Ctrl+f2" which I have not been able to figure out what it does. At any rate, this causes wordperfect to immediately exit and gives me a non-responsive command prompt. From reading up on things, it seems as though ctrl f2 acts as a print command of some sort.

Can I disable this key combo in dosbox?

Reply 1 of 4, by leileilol

Posted on 2011-08-24, 23:53

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how about not pressing it

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Reply 2 of 4, by Forboding Angel

Posted on 2011-08-24, 23:54

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ctrl + f2 is used in wordperfect for various things (Spellcheck being one of them)

Reply 3 of 4, by Jorpho

Posted on 2011-08-25, 14:58

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Forboding Angel wrote:
First off, i have remapped all the key combinations in dosbox so that they do not interfere with wordperfect key combinations.

Y'know, you can remap the keyboard combinations within WordPerfect if you want to.

Where did you read up on CTRL-F2 acting as a print command of some sort?

Reply 4 of 4, by emendelson

Posted on 2011-08-27, 02:34

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Try this keyboard mapping file, especially written for WordPerfect:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/271144/nofkeys.txt

You can also find a complete DOSBox-based system for running WPDOS here (you will have to supply the program files as explained in the instructions). It prints to any Windows printer, exchanges data with the Windows clipboard, etc., etc.

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/wpdosbox64.html

Although the name refers to 64-bit Windows, it of course works on 32-bit systems also.

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