#1159 CTRL-D in JiffyDOS does not work correctly

[Scott]

In x128, symbolic keyboard mapping, ctrl-d is supposed to show the current drive number. this works fine in x64. in x128 it just gives a symbol, but i think the drive number is being updated

[Greg King]

Most of the symbolic keyboards aren't totally symbolic, yet. The CTRL and CBM keys still are positional.

Type a quotation mark. Then, try both the host keyboard's Ctrl and Tab keys with the D key. One of them will type a graphic character, and the other one will type a D in reverse colors. The one that gives you the reverse D is your current CTRL key. Try that one with JiffyDOS.

[Scott]

Thanks Greg. It could just be my setup, but the D in reverse is not printed at all in the steps you indicated below.

[gpz]

please tell exactly what keymap you are using

[Querino]

doesn't work for me either in x128, but does work fine in x64sc
actually, CTRL-D (which is TAB-D with my mapping) does nothing at all for me.

but otherwise the same CTRL (TAB) works fine , i can change text colors with no problem.

15 7 2 16392 / TAB -> Ctrl /

[Scott]

Here's my keymap (i did a save as). its the default symbolic.

[gpz]

sorry, "default symbolic" doesnt tell much - what is the language/host layout?

[Scott]

Sorry - my host is Windows 10, EN-US.  Was just saying which radio button was selected in settings.

[Greg King]

"It works for me."

I downloaded https://vice.pokefinder.org/dl.php?file=GTK3VICE-3.3-win64-r37222-nocpuhist.7z. I replaced C128\gtk3_sym.vkm with your "current key-map". Then, I launched

.\x128 -default

I tested on Windows 8 and Windows 10, English-USA keyboards.

[Scott]

Hi Greg, I can get the same "[rvs D][space] as you, but Jiffydos still doesnt respond with the drive number as it should. Could you try with the JD ROM installed?

[gpz]

The Keymapping does indeed work correctly - this must be an unrelated problem

changing the title accordingly

[Vanessa Dannenberg]

Do note that JiffyDOS for the C128 has a known bug here that has persisted all the way through v6.01, in that Ctrl-D simply does not switch devices in C128 mode, unless you do some machination or another with the serial bus (I forget specifically what, and damned if I can find where it was documented). Just re-checked on real hardware.

The aforementioned quote-Ctrl-D-quote trick still reveals that the actual key combo itself works fine (e.g. you get a reverse "D" in quotes), and changing devices works in C64 mode.

This does not appear to be a VICE bug.