Board index FlightGear Support Installation

to do "insert" key on macOS

Need help getting up and running? Installing FlightGear, add-on planes, sceneries etc.
Forum rules
In order to help you, we need to know a lot of information. Make sure to include answers to at least the following questions in your initial post.

- what OS (Windows Xp/Vista, Mac etc.) are you running?
- what FlightGear version do you use?
- what graphics card do you have?

Please, also see Requesting Technical Help.

Note: If you did not get a reponse, even after 7 days, you may want to check out the FlightGear mailing lists to ask your question there.

to do "insert" key on macOS

Postby efel » Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:41 pm

hello
"Insert" key is to make move rudder on the left (help menu FG)
This key does not exist on Apple Keyboard.
what equivalent key can be used?
efel
 
Posts: 66
Joined: Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:30 pm
Location: France
Version: v 2020.4
OS: macOS 11.6

Re: to do "insert" key on macOS

Postby Michat » Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:14 pm

Hello, I've made a query with a FG's Mac user.
1. Intro moves rudder to the Right ( Numeric pad )
2. Zero moves rudder to the Left ( Numeric pad )
3. Fn+ backspace rules the reverse.

Please tell us if that works for you.

Can you confirm again that the help menu shows Insert key to moves rudder to the Left ? If that's true we should to ammend the help menu.

I personally have an Imac, however I couldn't get familiar to that system for what I install linux on it, after struggleling with such a horrible low speed system, crazy windows manager and missing keys keyboard, where a linux live cd run faster than the MacOS original from the hard disk. It tooks me 5 minutes deciding to remove it completely. Retina (plastic screen) with no filter is untolerable as it is burning-killing my eyes.

29.92
Last edited by Michat on Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:17 pm, edited 2 times in total.
User avatar
Michat
 
Posts: 1229
Joined: Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:24 pm
Location: Spain
Version: 191b
OS: MX 21 Fluxbox oniMac

Re: to do "insert" key on macOS

Postby efel » Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:23 am

thanks for the reply and lo siento mucho for the delay
indeed, 0 key is effective for move rudder left, but only with a numeric keyboard. No action with Shift0 on an ordinary Apple keyboard
In MenuFG/ help/ common aircraft keys/ 0/Insert move rudder left
efel
 
Posts: 66
Joined: Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:30 pm
Location: France
Version: v 2020.4
OS: macOS 11.6

Re: to do "insert" key on macOS

Postby Michat » Sat Jun 27, 2020 7:50 pm

I've ammended point 3 of my previous answer. Fn+ backspace rules the reverse.

The lack of keys on macu is horrid. The + side is that you might want to equip your's with a joystick rather than an exp full macu keyboard.

Salut
User avatar
Michat
 
Posts: 1229
Joined: Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:24 pm
Location: Spain
Version: 191b
OS: MX 21 Fluxbox oniMac

Re: to do "insert" key on macOS

Postby efel » Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:48 pm

Michat wrote in Sat Jun 27, 2020 7:50 pm: to equip your's with a joystick

Sure, I just wanted to compare if the keyboard rudder controls were more effective than a twist joystick
efel
 
Posts: 66
Joined: Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:30 pm
Location: France
Version: v 2020.4
OS: macOS 11.6

Re: to do "insert" key on macOS

Postby wkitty42 » Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:59 am

they are not... the keyboard jumps in increments whereas the twist stick is progressive up and down the scale...
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
User avatar
wkitty42
 
Posts: 9161
Joined: Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:46 pm
Location: central NC, USA
Callsign: wk42
Version: git next
OS: Kubuntu 22.04


Return to Installation

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests