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can't type backslash with my german keyboard

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First post, by SunSpire

Posted on 2004-05-20, 03:16

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A wireless keyboard is a cool thing, but unfortunately it has a german
key layout and dosbox has an english one, the key needed to type the
backslash in dosbox is simply missing 🙁

so I was wondering, is there a way to load the german key layout at
startup ? ... like:

LH c:\windows\ommand\keyb gr,,c:\windows\command\keyboard.sys

I'd really like to play around with this program a little more, but to be
able to start I need to at least mount a drive c: which is only possible
when I get to type that silly "backslash" 😁

thank you

"SunSpire"

Reply 1 of 8, by mirekluza

Posted on 2004-05-20, 05:30

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Reply 2 of 8, by teamster1975

Posted on 2004-05-20, 18:54

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You don't need the backslash anyway, the forwardslash does exactly the same if used in a path name.

Reply 3 of 8, by MiniMax

Posted on 2004-05-20, 21:36

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Can't you add a second keyboard/layout capability to your system, and then simple switch to US-layout when you run DOSBox?

Reply 4 of 8, by Guest

Posted on 2004-05-25, 06:08

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Uhm, I have a German KB as well and the backslash is the combination of "Alt-GR + ?"... Did you try that ? Or alternatively, you write it into a batchfile for dosbox. I think in the config of dosbox you can do such command lines 😀

Reply 5 of 8, by Cthulhus

Posted on 2004-05-25, 13:16

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Do you use the numeric pad ?

Sorry for my poor english ! 😉 But, try to speak french like I'm speak english ! 😀 It's not easy !

Reply 6 of 8, by Guest

Posted on 2004-05-28, 05:01

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Thank you guys !!

The Alt-GR + ? combination didn't work for me, but creating a batchfile and then running dosbox did do the trick !! 😀

I didn't know you can use the normal / too, you learn something new every day 😁

Now to get the sound emulation to work properly, hehe

thanks again 😀

"SunSpire"

Reply 7 of 8, by Guest

Posted on 2004-05-29, 00:55

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thx for telling me that backslash is not only choice. i already posted like this topic few minutes ago. i dont know where it is. i tested micromachines 2 and it worked. i was amazed!!! thx you guys. thx you dosbox and workers on it. =)

Reply 8 of 8, by guest

Posted on 2004-06-20, 14:41

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the backslah normally is [alt gr] + 92 ; or [Ctrl] +[alt] + 92, which is basically the same.
But these Number codes don't work in (my) dosbox anyway...
Maybe this'll be useful for you elsewhere.
😀

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