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- Documentation for SETKEY.EXE
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- SETKEY Version 2.00 (C)Copyright T A Davis, 1983
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- SETKEY is a program that lets the user redefine the keyboard. To use
- this program, you must have DEVICE=ANSI.SYS in your configuration file
- (CONFIG.SYS - ANSI.SYS is included on the DOS 2.00 system disk.) Both
- ANSI.SYS and CONFIG.SYS must be present on the default drive when the
- system is booted.
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- Use of setkey.
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- To use SETKEY, just type SETKEY |<filename> (the <filename> is optional.)
- If <filename> is not specified, or if SETKEY cannot locate <filename>, it
- will ask you for a filename to use. This file must be present in the
- current directory of the specified drive.
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- If the file does not currently exist, SETKEY will ask if it should be
- created. Reply 'Y' to create <filename>. If the file does exist,
- SETKEY will use <filename> to redefine the keyboard.
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- If the file did not exist, SETKEY will ask you to press the key to
- redefine. Then it will ask for the text to assign to the key. To end
- this key definition process, enter ^Z (F6 or CTRL-Z) at the prompt for
- 'KEY ' You may include carriage returns in the text to assign to the key
- by pressing [RETURN] and the program will display (C/R) and go on to
- the next key. If you do not desire to include a carriage return in the
- key definition, press ^Z (F6 or CTRL-Z) to indicate the end of the text for
- the key.
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- After the key definition process is complete, the program will ask whether
- you desire to re-define these keys now. Press Y to do so.
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- After you have created the a definition file, you may enter SETKEY <filename>
- at any time to define the keyboard to the definitions contained in the file.
-
- Further notes.
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- There is a limit of 128 characters that may be assigned to keys. SETKEY
- will not allow the creation of a file containing more than 128 characters.
- Instead, if you enter more than 128 characters, SETKEY will create a file
- containing the definitions for all keys prior to the key definition which
- exceeded 128 bytes.
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- You must end each line of text you enter as a definition with either a
- space or a carriage return.
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- You may create as many definitions as you wish and re-define the keys
- as often as you wish. If you get unexpected results, re-boot your system.
-
- Unfortunately, DOS provides no way other than re-booting to un-re-define
- the keyboard.
-
- ed results, re-boot your system.
-
- Unfortunately, DOS provides no