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2010-01-06
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#22
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Originally Posted by Flandry
You could remap the keys like this:
I played around with this a bit this morning and couldn't find a satisfactory way to map a key to call up the menu once the game has started by using the config file. I suspect it's hard-coded to "Esc" and will take a simple source code edit to fix.
http://www.natisbad.org/N900/n900-ke...remapping.html
To get a working escape key. Definitely a power user hack but it seems like it could be a very handy thing to do, especially for DosBox games. I plan to add support for as many standard PC keys (F1-F12, Esc, special symbols) as I can this way, so that basically as many keys as possible on a US keyboard will be instantly accessible through key combos. When I do I'll post the modified file for others to use...if nobody else does it first
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2010-01-06
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#23
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I don't believe that will work based on the comments in the bug report https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7686. What we need is a switch function or wrapper a program can use that will guarantee it full arrow keys regardless of locale. That sounds pretty much like a locale switch, and it could be, but i'd like it to be an officially supported solution by maemo, so it no longer becomes unexpected behavior and generates even more confusion and bug reports. That's the intent of the bug report. Go vote.
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2010-01-07
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#24
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Here's a gift to all you francophiles, sisu-ites, and other seekers of the lost up and down arrows:
Armed with familiarity with the code to detect app focus loss and gain from implementing the autopause thing in a few SDL games, and with Ukki's script from the Duke Nukem package, i have added a workaround that is acceptably unobtrusive enough to all. No more apologizing for Nokia's follies!
I added code to PrBoom to switch to the "en" keyboard layout when the game is started or gains focus. It should also automatically switch back to your native layout (or rather whichever layout it was in when the game started) when the app loses focus or when you quit. This means that it won't affect your typing if you switch out of the game for a minute to get an IM or dash off a SMS.
This required a disturbing amount of mucking around with my keyboard layout set to "fr" trying to figure out where in the world the '.' and 'm' keys are, and with no back-buffer scrolling in xterm. The horror.
Last edited by Flandry; 2010-01-07 at 04:07.
Armed with familiarity with the code to detect app focus loss and gain from implementing the autopause thing in a few SDL games, and with Ukki's script from the Duke Nukem package, i have added a workaround that is acceptably unobtrusive enough to all. No more apologizing for Nokia's follies!
I added code to PrBoom to switch to the "en" keyboard layout when the game is started or gains focus. It should also automatically switch back to your native layout (or rather whichever layout it was in when the game started) when the app loses focus or when you quit. This means that it won't affect your typing if you switch out of the game for a minute to get an IM or dash off a SMS.
This required a disturbing amount of mucking around with my keyboard layout set to "fr" trying to figure out where in the world the '.' and 'm' keys are, and with no back-buffer scrolling in xterm. The horror.
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2010-01-07
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#25
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New Release
PrBoom 2.5.0-svn20091231-0maemo2: Return of the Arrows
Usage
You'll need an iwad file. The package will pull in the doom 1 shareware iwad by default. I've also been using the one from freedoom, which is, coincidentally enough, free. If you own a commercial variant, you can use those wads. They go in /opt/doom/wads.
Controls
Fn - fire (left thumb goes here)
Shift / Z - strafe left/right (below left thumb)
Ctrl - run (above left thumb)
a - strafe (right of left thumb)
top row of keyboard (qwertyuio) - weapon keys (correspond to number keys)
backspace - open menu/back to previous menu
, - escape the menu
. - next weapon
space - activate
p - pause. You can also pause by calling up the task switcher or another app. Bringing PrBoom back to focus will unpause it. Be ready!
Basically the controls are clustered around the fire button on the left (Fn) and the arrow keys on the right. Localized keyboards for French, Finnish, etc no longer need a workaround. This is a new feature and i'd appreciated feedback on whether in works.
Known Issues
Where it's at
I've promoted it to Extras-testing, which means i consider it ready for end users. Now, it's up to testers to verify that. If you are willing to be a tester, please read about the Extras-Testing repo and make sure the package meets the criteria in the QA Checklist. You can find the testing report page for it here.
Have a fragging good time.
Last edited by Flandry; 2010-01-15 at 22:58.
PrBoom 2.5.0-svn20091231-0maemo2: Return of the Arrows
Usage
You'll need an iwad file. The package will pull in the doom 1 shareware iwad by default. I've also been using the one from freedoom, which is, coincidentally enough, free. If you own a commercial variant, you can use those wads. They go in /opt/doom/wads.
Controls
Fn - fire (left thumb goes here)
Shift / Z - strafe left/right (below left thumb)
Ctrl - run (above left thumb)
a - strafe (right of left thumb)
top row of keyboard (qwertyuio) - weapon keys (correspond to number keys)
backspace - open menu/back to previous menu
, - escape the menu
. - next weapon
space - activate
p - pause. You can also pause by calling up the task switcher or another app. Bringing PrBoom back to focus will unpause it. Be ready!
Basically the controls are clustered around the fire button on the left (Fn) and the arrow keys on the right. Localized keyboards for French, Finnish, etc no longer need a workaround. This is a new feature and i'd appreciated feedback on whether in works.
Known Issues
- No music. Sorry.
Where it's at
I've promoted it to Extras-testing, which means i consider it ready for end users. Now, it's up to testers to verify that. If you are willing to be a tester, please read about the Extras-Testing repo and make sure the package meets the criteria in the QA Checklist. You can find the testing report page for it here.
Have a fragging good time.
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2010-01-07
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#26
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Thank you! Going to test later because right now my battery is almost empty.
Just great. Only thing anymore missing is the good implementation of manual to this whole messy site. You said earilier "I don't consider changing a setting in a gui to be power user territory when it's plainly documented", but first knowing that there is webpage called maemo.org, using this board and understanding how this page works, making search and reading couple of pages so i think this is consider in my perspective challenging to quite many people :P
But huge thanks for this! One of my favorite games of all time Wish i could find my own wads somewhere 
btw. Last version didn't have any icon? Was it on purpose?
Just great. Only thing anymore missing is the good implementation of manual to this whole messy site. You said earilier "I don't consider changing a setting in a gui to be power user territory when it's plainly documented", but first knowing that there is webpage called maemo.org, using this board and understanding how this page works, making search and reading couple of pages so i think this is consider in my perspective challenging to quite many people :P
But huge thanks for this! One of my favorite games of all time
Wish i could find my own wads somewhere btw. Last version didn't have any icon? Was it on purpose?
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2010-01-08
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#27
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Originally Posted by slender
Yes, of course. There's a gap in the documentation aspect of Maemo. I commend you to http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=38014. Make your ideas and opinion known by voting etc.
Just great. Only thing anymore missing is the good implementation of manual to this whole messy site. You said earilier "I don't consider changing a setting in a gui to be power user territory when it's plainly documented", but first knowing that there is webpage called maemo.org, using this board and understanding how this page works, making search and reading couple of pages so i think this is consider in my perspective challenging to quite many people :P
But huge thanks for this! One of my favorite games of all time
btw. Last version didn't have any icon? Was it on purpose?
To French, Finns, etc.:
I would really appreciate for those who have a keyboard without up and down arrows to test this and let me know if it works for them. If it does, i will use the same code to provide an automatic workaround fix in UQM and post a wiki note to help other maintainers looking for a solution.
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2010-01-08
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Originally Posted by Flandry
Thanks- plays great! How do you get the wad files in opt/ directory?
New Release
PrBoom 2.5.0-svn20091231-0maemo2: Return of the Arrows
Usage
You'll need an iwad file. The package will pull in the doom 1 shareware iwad by default. I've also been using the one from freedoom, which is, coincidentally enough, free. If you own a commercial variant, you can use those wads. They go in /opt/doom/wads.
Controls
Fn - fire (left thumb goes here)
Shift / Z - strafe left/right (below left thumb)
Ctrl - run (above left thumb)
a - strafe (right of left thumb)
top row of keyboard (qwertyuio) - weapon keys (correspond to number keys)
backspace - open menu/back to previous menu
, - escape the menu
. - next weapon
space - activate
p - pause. You can also pause by calling up the task switcher or another app. Bringing PrBoom back to focus will unpause it. Be ready!
Basically the controls are clustered around the fire button on the left (Fn) and the arrow keys on the right. Localized keyboards will probably need the workaround described in my earlier post.
Known Issues
- No music. Sorry.
Where it's at
I've promoted it to Extras-testing, which means i consider it ready for end users. Now, it's up to testers to verify that. If you are willing to be a tester, please read about the Extras-Testing repo and make sure the package meets the criteria in the QA Checklist. You can find the testing report page for it here.
Have a fragging good time.
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2010-01-08
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Assuming you have a wad on your media card:
Ctrl-Shift-x (to open xterm)
cp /media/mmc1/mydoomwad.wad /opt/doom/wads/
You can press the "Tab" button in xterm to auto-complete the directory listings when they are partially finished. If it's a doom2.wad file, prboom should use it by default (over the demo wad). There's also a facility in the prboom menu to select a wad, but i haven't tested that.
Last edited by Flandry; 2010-01-09 at 00:00.
Ctrl-Shift-x (to open xterm)
cp /media/mmc1/mydoomwad.wad /opt/doom/wads/
You can press the "Tab" button in xterm to auto-complete the directory listings when they are partially finished. If it's a doom2.wad file, prboom should use it by default (over the demo wad). There's also a facility in the prboom menu to select a wad, but i haven't tested that.
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2010-01-09
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#30
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Thanks a bunch!
Any way to edit the CFG and have the screen filled more?
Sorry, a few more questions:
1. How do I change and use different wads?
2. Do they have to be named "iwad" instead of "wad"?
Thanks again.
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Any way to edit the CFG and have the screen filled more?
Sorry, a few more questions:
1. How do I change and use different wads?
2. Do they have to be named "iwad" instead of "wad"?
Thanks again.
Last edited by Rushmore; 2010-01-09 at 05:51.
I don't consider changing a setting in a gui to be power user territory when it's plainly documented, but it's not ideal by any means.
Go here and vote on the bug. https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7695
Getting back to prboom...as with many game menus, this one uses both up and down, and left and right arrow keys to navigate, so changing the left and right keys to move up and down won't help much. Doing that would be messing it up for those who don't have defective N900s, so it's not really an option.
The best option is the one i have described above--change your keyboard locale while you play, and then change back. Some automation of this could be done, but it will lead to other unexpected behavior so i'm wary of doing it.
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Last edited by Flandry; 2010-01-06 at 12:17.