This latest v1.A4b Beta version has a slightly tweaked Txt_Maker.exe utility which allows you to use CapsLock with a
letter hotkey.
With
grub4dos, you can use Shift, Ctrl or Alt with a hotkey (but you cannot combine them), however if you hold down the Shift key in E2B, then E2B will run ISOBOOT on the payload file so we cannot use the SHIFT key as a hotkey 'modifier'. We can however work around this by ensuring CapsLock is ON, now if you press the 'b' key it will work in the same way as SHIFT+b.
Note: Not all hotkey code combinations are valid (e.g. the
; key will work, but
Ctrl+; and
Alt+; will not work), so stick to using A-Z only if you want to use the Ctrl, Alt or CapsLock modifiers. You can also use Ctrl or Alt with the F1-F10 keys and the 0-9 number keys.
The F11 and F12 keys and the number pad keys may not work on all systems (e.g. some notebooks) so avoid these.
One way to check if a combination is valid or not is to use the:
pause --test-key
command in the grub4dos console and then hit you a key 'chord' - e.g.
Ctrl+;. If the scan code 0000 is returned then you cannot use that combination.
However, even if a non-zero scancode is returned, it does not mean that the combination can be used as a hotkey - you will just have to try it in a .txt file to find out!
You should also note that a Virtual Machine such as QEMU or Virtual Box may give different results from that of a real system.
I hope to release this version soon as 1.A4, so please let me know if you see an issue.
