set.key

Category

Menu/Key commands

Syntax

set.key(nCODE1,CODE2,cA);

Description

The key determined by the combination of nCODE1 and nCODE2 is assigned to controller cA. You can assign multiple menu items and keys to the one controller, for example most game functions like save, restore, quit etc. usually have both a menu item and a key.

To assign a key by it's ASCII code, set nCODE1 to the ASCII code you need (these can be obtained from an ASCII chart) and leave nCODE2 as 0. There are a few special codes:

nCODE1  Key
 1-26   CTRL-A-Z
 8      Backspace (CTRL-H)
 9      Tab (CTRL-I)
 13     Enter (CTRL-M)
 27     Esc
 32     Space
However, there are some keys and key combinations which use extended codes. For these, nCODE1 should be 0 and nCODE2 should be one of the values listed below (these are all standard PC-Keyboard codes, taken from the Epson GW-BASIC 3.20 manual.) 

nCODE2   Key
 3       CTRL-@
 15      SHIFT-TAB
 16-25   ALT-Q W E R T Y U I O P
 30-38   ALT-A S D F G H J K L
 44-50   ALT-Z X C V B N M
 59-68   F1-F10
 71      HOME*
 72      UP*
 73      PAGE UP*
 75      LEFT*
 77      RIGHT*
 79      END*
 80      DOWN*
 81      PAGE DOWN*
 82      INS
 83      DEL
 84-93   SHIFT-F1-F10
 94-103  CTRL-F1-F10
 104-113 ALT-F1-F10
 115     CTRL-LEFT
 116     CTRL-RIGHT
 117     CTRL-END
 118     CTRL-PAGE DOWN
 119     CTRL-HOME
 120-131 ALT-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - =
 132     CTRL-PAGE UP
 133-134 F11 F12**
 135-136 SHIFT-F11 F12**
 137-138 CTRL-F11 F12**
 139-140 ALT-F11 F12**
* - These codes can not actually be assigned as they are used for moving ego around, but were listed here for completeness.

** - I was not able to get these codes to work.

See also

Setting up menus and keys