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Slackratchet

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My keyboard has no ESC key.
« on: November 18, 2011, 01:42:01 pm »
I installed DF on a new Samsung Slate running Windows 8, one of these machines (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219971/5_000_Microsoft_developers_get_Samsung_preview_tablets) The thing is in this version of the OS the on screen keyboard has no ESC key at all. I can not get past the first message that says press ESC to continue. Any suggestions?
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The Merchant Of Menace

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Re: My keyboard has no ESC key.
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2011, 01:49:27 pm »
Go to your DF directory, go into the data folder, then into the init folder. You can rebind keys in the interface file, just change [SYM:ESC] into [Key:(keybinding)]
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Re: My keyboard has no ESC key.
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2011, 03:41:57 am »
Ah, thank you. I completely missed the significance of that binding.
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Re: My keyboard has no ESC key.
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2011, 03:39:06 pm »
Then go into your kitchen, get a spoon, and pluck out the Microsoft key and try to flick it into your waste can.   :D
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Re: My keyboard has no ESC key.
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2011, 06:01:18 pm »
Or get AutoHotKey. Great for those situation or even just cases where games don't support some buttons, like the side buttons on many modern mice.
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TantrumTime

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Re: My keyboard has no ESC key.
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2011, 08:29:52 pm »
Wait a minute. If you have no ESC key, then how did you put ESC in the thread title?
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Re: My keyboard has no ESC key.
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2011, 10:08:28 pm »
Quote from: knutor on November 19, 2011, 03:39:06 pm
Then go into your kitchen, get a spoon, and pluck out the Microsoft key and try to flick it into your waste can.   :D

but... then... how will I play?

I use my windows key to launch dwarf fortress. Windows -> "D" -> Enter. Faster than using the mouse.
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