Re: [Atari800-users] Mapping Arrow Keys

[Craig S. <cra...@gm...>]

Miro,

If you are referring to the menu panel with the various options, I could
not seem to find an option to modify the configuration there.  However,
after sending out my issue request, I did some more searching and finally
found the information I was looking for in the definition of the
SDL_keycode.h file.  The source code had the hexadecimal definitions for
all of the keyboard keys including the up/down/left/right keys.  Using this
information, I was able to manually update the atari800.cfg file.  Now, I
can use the arrow keys effectively to play the games.

Thanks for your help.  This issue can be closed.

Regards,

Craig

On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM Miro Kropáček <mir...@gm...>
wrote:

> 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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