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Khronic

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Key Mapping Help
« on: January 23, 2012, 08:38:14 pm »
I just got into DF and so far I love it (barring the 7 dwarves that I just accidently drowned). However I have one question about key mapping and rebinding certain keys. Currently I'm on a laptop and my "q" key is broken and in order to use it I have to bring up virtual keyboard and physically press the "q" key. That being said, one of the major keys in DF is q and having to bring up On-Screen Keyboard to add tasks and manage buildings has been getting tiring lately. I've tried to solve the problem myself through Esc -> Keybinds but I cannot find the specific bind for "Set Building Tasks/Pref." nor can I figure out the notepad file in the DF folder. If someone can point me to what I change so by pressing "\", or another key I don't use, I would be able to change a building's tasks and other fun things.

Thanks in advance and if I didn't explain the situation well enough I'll gladly explain more.
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Re: Key Mapping Help
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 09:36:47 pm »
I believe the file you are looking to edit is /path/to/DF_Dir/data/init/interface.txt

The exact path with depend on where you put the DF directory, and your OS.  Once you get to the DF directory its all the same (yay for cross-platform coding!).
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Re: Key Mapping Help
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2012, 09:49:43 pm »
Quote from: krenshala on January 23, 2012, 09:36:47 pm
I believe the file you are looking to edit is /path/to/DF_Dir/data/init/interface.txt

The exact path with depend on where you put the DF directory, and your OS.  Once you get to the DF directory its all the same (yay for cross-platform coding!).

Okay I found the file, however I'm not sure what to change to make q = something else. I tried editing

[BIND:OPTION17:REPEAT_NOT]
[KEY:q]

Into

[BIND:OPTION17:REPEAT_NOT]
[KEY:b]

and then vise versa with the original b bind, but that doesn't seem to work. That so far is my only guess on what to edit and the rest of the text file is gibberish to me.
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Re: Key Mapping Help
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2012, 04:29:47 am »
The particular binding you want seems to be "Key Bindings►Dwarf mode►Main: Building Jobs" (PgDn x4, ↓ x7). If you change the bindings via interface.txt, you'll need to restart before it takes effect.
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Re: Key Mapping Help
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2012, 12:28:36 pm »
You can also use the esc-keybindings (or controls, something like that) and then replace the "q" key with something else as well.
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Re: Key Mapping Help
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2012, 12:37:42 pm »
Another tip for using a laptop without a numberpad.  Change "move secondary selector" up from + to page up.  And down - to page down.  this makes it easier to move around in the workshop menus.
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Re: Key Mapping Help
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2012, 09:41:38 pm »
Quote from: rhesusmacabre on January 24, 2012, 04:29:47 am
The particular binding you want seems to be "Key Bindings►Dwarf mode►Main: Building Jobs" (PgDn x4, ↓ x7). If you change the bindings via interface.txt, you'll need to restart before it takes effect.

This was exactly what I was looking for. You are life saver. Thanks x 10^7
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