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  • what is angband support for no numpad?

    From Julian@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 7 03:00:05 2023
    I can use the arrows, but no diagonals.

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  • From kohlerry@21:1/5 to Julian on Sat Oct 7 17:18:23 2023
    On Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 10:00:07 AM UTC, Julian wrote:
    I can use the arrows, but no diagonals.
    You can use the roguelike keyset by hitting the '=' key, and changing the use roguelike keyset option in the user interface options(although this massively changes button layout). Also you could edit keymaps, define another key, buy a USB keypad, or use
    a third party software to create a keymap. These are options I had to go explore when I had a laptop without a numpad when I was jonesing for Zangband.

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  • From kohlerry@21:1/5 to kohlerry on Sat Oct 7 17:20:45 2023
    On Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 12:18:24 AM UTC, kohlerry wrote:
    On Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 10:00:07 AM UTC, Julian wrote:
    I can use the arrows, but no diagonals.
    You can use the roguelike keyset by hitting the '=' key, and changing the use roguelike keyset option in the user interface options(although this massively changes button layout). Also you could edit keymaps, define another key, buy a USB keypad, or
    use a third party software to create a keymap. These are options I had to go explore when I had a laptop without a numpad when I was jonesing for Zangband.
    Also, The end, pgup, pgdn and home keys work, if you have those.

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  • From Toronto Backlawn@21:1/5 to Julian on Mon Oct 9 17:12:51 2023
    On Sat, 07 Oct 2023 03:00:05 -0700, Julian wrote:

    I can use the arrows, but no diagonals.

    In the settings, switch the control scheme to the Roguelike. This places movement on an alternate cluster of keys, yuhjklbn. Hit ? to see other differences between the original Angband control scheme, and the alternate Roguelike scheme.

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  • From David Chmelik@21:1/5 to Julian on Sat Oct 14 00:48:46 2023
    On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 03:00:05 -0700 (PDT), Julian wrote:

    I can use the arrows, but no diagonals.

    Check whether you have NUMLOCK on or off.

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  • From Julian@21:1/5 to David Chmelik on Sat Oct 14 09:26:33 2023
    On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 7:48:50 PM UTC-5, David Chmelik wrote:
    On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 03:00:05 -0700 (PDT), Julian wrote:

    I can use the arrows, but no diagonals.
    Check whether you have NUMLOCK on or off.

    I'm afraid there is no NUMLOCK. Shall we say off?

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  • From Eddie Grove@21:1/5 to Julian on Sat Oct 14 14:38:46 2023
    Julian <j63840576@gmail.com> writes:

    On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 7:48:50 PM UTC-5, David Chmelik wrote:
    On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 03:00:05 -0700 (PDT), Julian wrote:

    I can use the arrows, but no diagonals.
    Check whether you have NUMLOCK on or off.

    I'm afraid there is no NUMLOCK. Shall we say off?

    I have no idea if this will help, but I just used the query keymap in
    4.2.5 on the 7/Home key on my keyboard. It returned

    ;7

    You could try setting keymaps for whichever keys to ; followed by the
    numbers from 1 to 9. The exception is the stay still 5 key which does
    not return ;5, but instead appears to return a comma: ,
    There's no easy way to see whether there are trailing spaces.

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  • From Julian@21:1/5 to kohlerry on Sat Oct 14 17:24:02 2023
    On Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 7:18:24 PM UTC-5, kohlerry wrote:
    On Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 10:00:07 AM UTC, Julian wrote:
    I can use the arrows, but no diagonals.
    You can use the roguelike keyset by hitting the '=' key, and changing the use roguelike keyset option in the user interface options(although this massively changes button layout). Also you could edit keymaps, define another key, buy a USB keypad, or
    use a third party software to create a keymap. These are options I had to go explore when I had a laptop without a numpad when I was jonesing for Zangband.

    I have it set to the roguelike keyset now. Using this option just made 4.2.5 playable for me.

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  • From Lane Larson@21:1/5 to Toronto Backlawn on Sat May 4 19:30:17 2024
    Toronto Backlawn wrote:
    On Sat, 07 Oct 2023 03:00:05 -0700, Julian wrote:

    I can use the arrows, but no diagonals.

    In the settings, switch the control scheme to the Roguelike. This places movement on an alternate cluster of keys, yuhjklbn. Hit ? to see other differences between the original Angband control scheme, and the alternate Roguelike scheme.

    What about the conflicts? For example, 'l' says in command list that it
    is used to look, and doing some research it appears that this is the way
    to search for secret doors, but I'm using 'l' to move east. How do I
    search for secret doors if control scheme is roguelike? I know that
    there are secret doors because a warrior and a ranger both found some on
    their own without explicitly searching.

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  • From Lane Larson@21:1/5 to Lane Larson on Mon May 13 02:15:32 2024
    Lane Larson wrote:
    Toronto Backlawn wrote:
    On Sat, 07 Oct 2023 03:00:05 -0700, Julian wrote:

    I can use the arrows, but no diagonals.

    In the settings, switch the control scheme to the Roguelike. This places
    movement on an alternate cluster of keys, yuhjklbn.  Hit ? to see other
    differences between the original Angband control scheme, and the
    alternate
    Roguelike scheme.

    What about the conflicts?  For example, 'l' says in command list that it
    is used to look, and doing some research it appears that this is the way
    to search for secret doors, but I'm using 'l' to move east.  How do I
    search for secret doors if control scheme is roguelike?  I know that
    there are secret doors because a warrior and a ranger both found some on their own without explicitly searching.

    You don't need to look. If you find a secret door walking around there
    is a reason for it. Everything happens for a reason. Go down that
    corridor and find a secret door.

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