Amiga and Alt keys are flipped on PC. Config fix?

[Photon]

See picture.



Can I put this in a config that will run every time FS-UAE is launched?

I'm using the launcher.

Where should I look, and what should I type?

[Photon]

Created folder FS-UAE/Configurations in My Documents and put a file Default.fs-uae in it with the following contents:

action_key_alt_left = AMIGA_LEFT
action_key_amiga_left = ALT_LEFT
action_key_alt_right = AMIGA_RIGHT
action_key_amiga_right = ALT_RIGHT

But it didn't change anything.

[wiisoldier]

I've never tried this but I think the solution is the other way around. I.E.:

action_key_alt_left = AMIGA_LEFT

Would be:

keyboard_key_alt_left = action_key_amiga_left

You can find more info here:

https://fs-uae.net/docs/keyboard

[Photon]

You're right. The problem is probably that I've never used FS-UAE until recently. I'm also using a portable version of FS-UAE, which might be different from the documentation?

At least my Default.fs-uae now looks like this:

[config]
amiga_model = A500
floppy_drive_0 = Disk1.adf
keyboard_key_amiga_left = action_key_alt_left
keyboard_key_alt_left = action_key_amiga_left
keyboard_key_amiga_right = action_key_alt_right
keyboard_key_alt_right = action_key_amiga_right

And I've also copied it as Config.fs-uae to the folders of the FS-UAE and FS-UAE launcher executable as the documentation stated.

Still nothing.

The launcher is supposed to list available configs, but it's empty. So IDK which folder it looks, because the UI doesn't tell me above the config directory.

[malko]

Long time I didn't toy around with FS-UEA keyboard mapping but did you try something in the like of :

keyboard_key_lalt = action_key_amiga_left
keyboard_key_ralt = action_key_amiga_right
keyboard_key_lsuper = action_key_alt_left
keyboard_key_rsuper = action_key_alt_right

?

[Photon]

I think I've done things according to the excellent documentation, but for some reason FS-UAE is not finding the file, or finding it but not applying the settings within.

I also read that the Alt key is handled specially, for Alt-Tab, and it might be better to do this by binding Left/Right Ctrl to Alt instead (if that helps). Both the Alt and Windows keys seem to be troublesome. Maybe FS-UAE is not tested enough in this regard on Windows because of WinUAE (which may have the same trouble AFAIK).

[wiisoldier]

It may be that your configuration file (Default.fs-uae) is in the wrong place. In linux it goes in:
"username"/Documents/FS-UAE/Configurations/Default.fs-uae

However in windows it may be in a different location. See the relevant documentation here:

https://fs-uae.net/configuration-files

and here:

https://fs-uae.net/docs/directories

Without reading it all I am guessing that the configuration folder may need to be located in the same path as the executable program.

[Photon]

Unfortunately, those docs are not specific enough. The config file is referred to as "the config file", and "base-dir" is not given a name.

A path to a file is only complete if it includes the file name and the folder name that contains it.

I've sprayed my config file as Default.fs-uae and Config.fs-uae in all relevant folders for my platform, and still nothing.

I'm looking for a document text that says: in Windows, create a file with these contents, name it thus, and put in this exact directory. That would be

[wiisoldier]

As I said, I don't use FS-UAE in windows. However I did once install it on one windows PC to run some tests. I checked the hard-drive I used and I found that the main configuration folder was in:
C:\Users"myusername"\FS-UAE

or:

C:\Users"myusername"\FS-UAE\Configurations

Maybe try putting it in there.

Hope this helps.

[Photon]

No such FS-UAE folder under username in Windows. It is extremely unusual to the point of unheard of to store config files there for any application.

Nevertheless, I created both folders you mentioned, and put 2x *.fs-uae files with the contents of my last post there, and it has no effect. You tested that your settings had an effect in FS-UAE?

[wiisoldier]

Originally Posted by Photon

You tested that your settings had an effect in FS-UAE?

No, sorry I didn't. This was an old test drive that I used ages back on a windows 7 system. Here's an image of my system set-up:




https://eab.abime.net/attachment.php...1&d=1687652533

[giantclam]

...just some FWIW comments...

In linux it goes in: "username"/Documents/FS-UAE/Configurations/Default.fs-uae

Actually, this is a packaging convention ~ if you compile/install fs-uae from source, and the directory 'Documents' does not exist in the user's $HOMEDIR, the created path is "username"/FS-UAE/Configurations/Default.fs-uae ... 8)

@Photon

I think there's some unresolved contention in the code wrt these key mappings.

Out of curiosity I had a look at how amiberry was handling LSUPER/RSUPER (l/r windows keys) ~ interestingly, these keypresses map to LGUI/RGUI in linux with amiberry, and even more interesting is the fact that the amiberry config GUI will show me these keypresses, but doesn't accept/consider either key as a valid hotkey modifier...(I can ask midwan about that behavior)...

...in fs-uae/src/fsuae/fsuae-keyboard.c you can see a couple of (pending?) fix-me comments;

    /* FIXME */
    { FSEMU_KEYBOARD_LGUI, ALL, ACTION_KEY_LAMIGA },
#if 0
    { FS_ML_KEY_LMETA,        ALL, INPUTEVENT_KEY_AMIGA_LEFT },
#endif
    { FSEMU_KEYBOARD_LALT, ALL, ACTION_KEY_LALT },
    { FSEMU_KEYBOARD_RALT, ALL, ACTION_KEY_LALT },
    /* FIXME */
    { FSEMU_KEYBOARD_RGUI, ALL, ACTION_KEY_RAMIGA },
#if 0
    { FS_ML_KEY_RMETA,        ALL, INPUTEVENT_KEY_AMIGA_RIGHT },
#endif
    { FSEMU_KEYBOARD_MENU, ALL, ACTION_KEY_RAMIGA },
#if 0
    { FSEMU_KEYBOARD_RCTRL,        ALL, INPUTEVENT_KEY_CTRL_RIGHT },
#endif

I'd be reasonably sure if I manually edited amiberry.conf to use LGUI/RGUI as hotkeys, such will be silently ignored (in much the same way the config GUI does =)

Possibly you'd have to ask FS about this, but I get a gut feeling this is expected behavior currently.