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    • MadDogHoek818M
      MadDogHoek818
      last edited by

      I would like to add instant command buttons that do not require pressing the hot key. Buttons such as exit, save, load, etc... so I'm thinking of adding a small keyboard encoder, like one of thos 30key encoders on ebay. So I'm testing with a regular keyboard attached.

      My understanding is that if I set the input_enable_hotkey = "nul" then the keyboard commands will do their thing without having to hold a hotkey, so for example I have
      input_enable_hotkey = "nul"
      input_exit_emulator = "escape"

      Then I would expect when I hit escape for the emulator to close. The problem I'm seeing is that when I do the above configuration and hit "escape" on the keyboard, the system hangs and the screen freezes. If I have the "space" for the hotkey, everything works fine... anybody have any ideas what I may be doing wrong? I'm setting these values in the /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg file.

      I have not yet tested any of the other commands since I'm most interested in the exit button working

      Thanks.

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      • MadDogHoek818M
        MadDogHoek818 @MadDogHoek818
        last edited by

        Let me ask a different question....

        Based on my reading it sounds like you are suppose to be able to null the keyboard hot key and then the other keys are suppose to work without holding down the hot key. Is this correct?

        Is this the way it's meant to work? Or do I have it wrong?

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @MadDogHoek818
          last edited by

          @maddoghoek818 said in Setting esc to close without hot key...:

          Based on my reading it sounds like you are suppose to be able to null the keyboard hot key and then the other keys are suppose to work without holding down the hot key. Is this correct?

          Yes, and this is the default on a RetroPie system.

          Is this the way it's meant to work? Or do I have it wrong?

          If you also have a gamepad connected and that gamepad has a hotkey defined, just pressing the Esc key will not work.

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          • MadDogHoek818M
            MadDogHoek818 @mitu
            last edited by

            @mitu
            I do have 4 usb joysticks modules attached. Maybe I have a hot key setup by mistake.

            Thank you, gives me a whole bunch of new stuff to try tomorrow morning, see if I can get it working.

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