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   Greetings.   
      
   On 14/01/2020 03.41, Chicken Head wrote:   
   > So I've had this Ultima V itch I really need scratched.  Back in the day in   
   > 1988 I played it on my trusty Commodore 64.   
   >   
   > I can do it in Vice, but the default keyboard mapping is awful.  Instead I've   
   > been using AppleWin since at least the arrow keys do what they are supposed   
   to   
   > do.   
   >   
   > How can you easily change the default keyboard mapping in Vice?  "Symbolic"   
   > just doesn't cut the mustard.   
      
      
   In VICE 3.3 (Gtk3), go to Settings->Settings...->Input devices->Keyboard   
   settings.  In that dialog you will be able to specify a custom keymap   
   file.  Default symbolic and positional keymap files are distributed as   
   part of VICE -- they're named gtk3_sym.vkm and gtk3_pos.vkm,   
   respectively.  You can use these as a starting point to create your own   
   keymaps.  The files themselves contain comments explaining the format   
   pretty thoroughly.  Unfortunately, the format isn't particularly "easy"   
   though it is comprehensible with a little effort.  Just look at some   
   example keycodes and cross-reference them with the keyboard matrix   
   diagrams included in the file.   
      
   If all you want to do is to remap your arrow keys to the default   
   movement keys in the C64/C128 version of Ultima V (if memory serves,   
   these are @ for up, / for down, : for left, and ; for right), then I   
   believe all you need to do is to find the lines in the keymap file   
   beginning "Up", "Down", "Left", and "Right", erase the three numbers   
   that follow those words, and replace them with the same three numbers   
   that follow the lines beginning "at", "slash", "colon", and "semicolon".   
      
   Regards,   
   Tristan   
      
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