Re: [Atari800-users] Mapping Arrow Keys

[Miro K. <mir...@gm...>]

Hi,

why wouldn't you use UI for it?

On Wed, 9 Sept 2026 at 09:50, Craig Schulstad <cra...@gm...>
wrote:

> Dear Support Team,
>
> I have utilized the atari800 emulator in the past on my Linux machine
> mainly to play and work with BASIC programs.  However, I was trying to play
> some games as well from the Atari Mania site.  I don't have a joystick, so
> I am dependent upon using my keyboard.  In reviewing the atari800.cfg file
> and reviewing the "akey.h" file for key definitions, I was attempting to
> switch the keyboard mapping from the arrow keys that are a part of the
> number pad and directly use the "up/down/right/left" arrow keys on my
> keyboard.  In the configuration file, there are definition lines such as
> the following that map the number pad for joystick #0:
>
> SDL2_JOY_0_LEFT=1073741916
>
> I made some guesses as to how that value needed to be changed in order to
> directly use the arrow keys, but I kept coming up with an incorrect
> outcome.  Basically, I would like to revise these file entries in the
> following manner:
>
> SDL2_JOY_0_LEFT=<left-arrow key signal value>
> SDL2_JOY_0_RIGHT=<right-arrow key signal value>
> SDL2_JOY_0_UP=<up-arrow key signal value>
> SDL2_JOY_0_DOWN=<down-arrow key signal value>
>
> Any guidance or assistance in this matter would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig
>
>
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