Difference between revisions of "DOSBox FAQ"
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'''A.''' If your application can print to a file, you can redirect the file to a printer. On Windows at a command prompt or at the Run option, you can use copy /b filepath_and_name to send a file to a printer. If the application can print in Postscript format, utilities like Ghostscript/Ghostview can be used send the file to the printer. | '''A.''' If your application can print to a file, you can redirect the file to a printer. On Windows at a command prompt or at the Run option, you can use copy /b filepath_and_name to send a file to a printer. If the application can print in Postscript format, utilities like Ghostscript/Ghostview can be used send the file to the printer. | ||
| − | + | Also, a printing option for DOSBox is mentioned here: http://home.arcor.de/h-a-l-9000/dbdl.html | |
'''Q.''' My cursor is trapped within the DOSBox window in Linux when I click inside. How do I get the cursor out? | '''Q.''' My cursor is trapped within the DOSBox window in Linux when I click inside. How do I get the cursor out? | ||
'''A.''' CTRL-F10 | '''A.''' CTRL-F10 | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 14 January 2008
Q. Does DOSBox support non QWERTY keyboard layouts and will it have the KEYB command?
A. It already does. Since 0.70
Q. My game/application runs slowly, how do I improve speed?
A. Increase cycles. Use core=dynamic. Try different output modes (e.g. output=overlay). Increase Frameskip.
Q. My backslash key is mapped to ']' with DOSBox in Vista. Is there a workaround?
Q. How do you print out of the DOS Box? Can you use the program's print to a parallel or serial printer?
A. If your application can print to a file, you can redirect the file to a printer. On Windows at a command prompt or at the Run option, you can use copy /b filepath_and_name to send a file to a printer. If the application can print in Postscript format, utilities like Ghostscript/Ghostview can be used send the file to the printer. Also, a printing option for DOSBox is mentioned here: http://home.arcor.de/h-a-l-9000/dbdl.html
Q. My cursor is trapped within the DOSBox window in Linux when I click inside. How do I get the cursor out?
A. CTRL-F10
