Daniel, Stefan: Does drag and drop work?

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 1, 2003

Dear SW list members, and Daniel, Stefan, and everyone -
I am going to ask a specific favor, Daniel and/or Stefan...

I need to know if my drag and drop technique is working on your
European keyboards that have this problem with the backslash?...Because
Ingvild Roald was here with her own Norwegian laptop, and the drag and
drop method did work for her... Of course, every computer is different,
so here is what I need to know, so that I don't recommend something
incorrectly...

Please try this and tell me if you are able to start SignWriter without
the backslash?:

1. Be sure SignWriter DOS is inside a folder named sw.....
2. Place both the icon for the DOSbox program (or a shortcut icon) and
the sw folder on your desktop.
3. Do not open the DosBox program. Keep it closed.
4. Drag the sw folder on top of the DosBox icon.
5. The DosBox program will open immediately with a C drive.
6. At the C drive, type sw and then press Enter.
7. SignWriter DOS will open and can be used (without using the
backslash)

Is this true for you, Daniel or Stefan?

Val ;-)

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On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 12:17 PM, Daniel Noelpp wrote:

> Hello Stefan
>
> I have the same problem, too. DOSBox doesn't work well
> with non-US keyboards I am afraid. Did you try the
> Alt Numpad trick? For example to get \ press the Alt
> key (not Alt GR) and keep it pushed. Then at the
> same time key in 9 2 . (first press 9 then 2 at the
> numerical pad at the right side of the keyboard). Then
> finally release Alt.
>
> This doesn't work for me either, because I have a laptop
> and not a separate numerical keyboard and the blue Fn
> key trick doesn't work either.
>
> Daniel Noelpp
>
>> Dear Jerry and listers...
>>
>> thank you very much for your answer. My problem is not to understand
>> the
>> backslash (\) - but the mystery is that I can type this backslash
>> with
>> the
>> keycombination [ Alt Gr]  and [ ?] in any other DOS - Program but not
>> in
>> this special DOSBox ... ;-(
>>
>> Thanks for the list for the DOSBox crew ...
>>
>> Stefan;-))
>>   -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
>>   Von: SignWriting List [mailto:SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA]Im Auftrag
>> von
>> Jerry Spillman
>>   Gesendet: Freitag, 26. September 2003 00:51
>>   An: SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
>>   Betreff: Re: AW: Dos Box XP
>>
>>
>>   Stefan,
>>
>>   I tried to answer your questions in a personal e-mail approximately
>> one
>> week ago.  I will try here to explain the (\) backslash.  It is the
>> symbox
>> on US English and some other keyboard systems for "directory".  As
>> shown
>> with C:\, it means "root directory", and is used as a symbol to show
>> when
>> one establishes a subdirectory under that root as in establishing a
>> "path"
>> to the file..
>>
>>   Dos is usually stored in a directory called C:\DOS\.  The DOSBox
>> directory
>> (also called a folder in WINDOWS) is a sub-directory of C:\program
>> files\,
>> such as in c:\program files\dosbox\, and it contains the DOSBox.conf
>> file
>> and the other text files that explain how to configure it.  The
>> DOSBox.conf
>> file would be shown in its full path as such: C:\program
>> files\dosbox\dosbox.conf
>>
>>   I apologize that I cannot explain it another way, but I think you
>> can
>> probably safely substitute whatever figure is used in the German
>> version
>> of
>> regular DOS in the place of this backslash.  I don't know what that
>> figure
>> would be, as I am (sorry) not at all literate in any other computer
>> terminology for Windows/DOS other than the US English.
>>
>>   The creators of DOSBox may be able to help answer your questions at:
>>
>>
>>     DOSBox crew
>>
>>
>>           Name:  Nickname:  Mail:  Website:
>>           Tommy Frossman  Fanskapet
>>          http://www.dawnofthegames.com
>>           Sjoerd  Harekiet  harekiet at zophar.net
>> http://dosbox.sourceforge.net
>>           Peter Veenstra  Qbix  qbix79 at users.sourceforge.net@removeme
>>           Ulf Wohlers  Finster  finsterr at users.sourceforge.net
>>
>>
>>
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