Keyboard Issues - Revision history

Cholmondely: Updated the Update!

2026-03-03T16:04:30Z

Updated the Update!

Cholmondely: Expanded note

2025-06-10T11:19:32Z

Expanded note

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-03-18T04:37:34Z

Updating BB links

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-02-29T02:00:49Z

Updating BB links

Cholmondely: Added note about Phkb's recent work

2023-05-12T10:15:14Z

Added note about Phkb's recent work

Cholmondely: /* Other solutions */ Added BBD's link

2022-10-29T18:52:17Z

‎Other solutions: Added BBD's link

Cholmondely: /* Tools */ Added Oolite Keymapper for AppleMac

2022-09-28T04:24:39Z

‎Tools: Added Oolite Keymapper for AppleMac

Cholmondely: Rejig after discussion with Hiran

2021-11-18T12:58:43Z

Rejig after discussion with Hiran

Cholmondely: Better caption

2021-11-18T12:42:26Z

Better caption

Cholmondely: Tweak

2021-11-18T11:29:05Z

Tweak

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-Update: <br> [[User:Phkb|Phkb]]'s recent revision (June/July 2022) of the "Nightly" vanilla game code (v.1.91) incorporates setting keyboard bindings from the '''Game Options''' screen. If you have the skills you can download this from the [https://github.com/OoliteProject/nightlies Github site]. <br> Otherwise, try the Nightly Build option at the bottom of [http://oolite.space/download/ this page] (Windows and Linux versions only).
+Update: <br> Oolite v.1.92 makes two relevant changes which are not covered in the older page beneath:
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 [[File:Keyconfig keyboard 1 3.png|thumb|right|Keyconfig's ''Virtual Keyboard'' <br>(for easily changing one or two key settings)]]

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-Update: <br> [[User:Phkb|Phkb]]'s recent revision (June/July 2022) of the vanilla game code incorporates setting keyboard bindings from the '''Game Options''' screen. If you have the skills you can download this from the [https://github.com/OoliteProject/nightlies Github site]. <br> Otherwise, try the Nightly Build option at the bottom of [http://oolite.space/download/ this page] (Windows and Linux versions only).
+Update: <br> [[User:Phkb|Phkb]]'s recent revision (June/July 2022) of the "Nightly" vanilla game code (v.1.91) incorporates setting keyboard bindings from the '''Game Options''' screen. If you have the skills you can download this from the [https://github.com/OoliteProject/nightlies Github site]. <br> Otherwise, try the Nightly Build option at the bottom of [http://oolite.space/download/ this page] (Windows and Linux versions only).
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 [[File:Keyconfig keyboard 1 3.png|thumb|right|Keyconfig's ''Virtual Keyboard'' <br>(for easily changing one or two key settings)]]

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 ::French [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=273466#p273466 Keyconfig.plist] (Gracieuseté du Monsieur le Commandant STyx).
 ::German (1) [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=278092#p278092 Keyconfig.plist] ''QWERTZ'' Linux keyboard (Mit reichlichem Gruß an Kommandant Freiherr von Tsoj, 2021).
-::German (2) [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21080 Keyconfig.plist] ''QWERTZ'' Linux keyboard (Genugtuung an den wundersamen und illustren Kommandanten Slartibartfast). This ''might'' work for Windows, too.
+::German (2) [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21080 Keyconfig.plist] ''QWERTZ'' Linux keyboard (Genugtuung an den wundersamen und illustren Kommandanten Slartibartfast). This ''might'' work for Windows, too.
 ::Spanish (Latin American) [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=273475#p273475 Keyconfig.plist] (Gracias al Supremo, Serendipitoso y Sereno El Señor Comandante Reval).

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 :1 [[Oolite Keyboard Controls]] has a list of the key commands
 :2 The OoliteRS.pdf mentioned above
-:3 Gimi's [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11561 Oolite KeyMaps] are very colourful, if just a little dated.
+:3 Gimi's [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11561 Oolite KeyMaps] are very colourful, if just a little dated.
 :4 In-game: (i) at game start, select "game options" and then select "View Keyboard Configuration"
 ::::(ii) while docked, press "2", select "game options" and then select "View Keyboard Configuration"
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 ::::*XenonUI will not pick up on ''any'' of these changes, its key command list is from a static graphic.
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5454 Changing Key Mapping] (2008-10)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5454 Changing Key Mapping] (2008-10)
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 *Or download and install one of these
-::French [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273466#p273466 Keyconfig.plist] (Gracieuseté du Monsieur le Commandant STyx).
+::French [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=273466#p273466 Keyconfig.plist] (Gracieuseté du Monsieur le Commandant STyx).
-::German (1) [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=278092#p278092 Keyconfig.plist] ''QWERTZ'' Linux keyboard (Mit reichlichem Gruß an Kommandant Freiherr von Tsoj, 2021).
+::German (1) [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=278092#p278092 Keyconfig.plist] ''QWERTZ'' Linux keyboard (Mit reichlichem Gruß an Kommandant Freiherr von Tsoj, 2021).
 ::German (2) [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21080 Keyconfig.plist] ''QWERTZ'' Linux keyboard (Genugtuung an den wundersamen und illustren Kommandanten Slartibartfast). This ''might'' work for Windows, too.
-::Spanish (Latin American) [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273475#p273475 Keyconfig.plist] (Gracias al Supremo, Serendipitoso y Sereno El Señor Comandante Reval).
+::Spanish (Latin American) [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=273475#p273475 Keyconfig.plist] (Gracias al Supremo, Serendipitoso y Sereno El Señor Comandante Reval).
-If none of this works for you, ask for help here: [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20638 ''Foreign language'' keyboards] (BB Discussion thread). You may need to register on our Bulletin Board in order to do so.
+If none of this works for you, ask for help here: [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20638 ''Foreign language'' keyboards] (BB Discussion thread). You may need to register on our Bulletin Board in order to do so.
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 If you'd like to get half way to your own configuration similar to this, feel free to start off my version as a baseline. A few other keys have been changed too so be sure to map all you things want where you want them -- I'm guessing most of you won't have an ö key, for instance. :-)
-As a bonus, these controls make the game a whole lot easier to play in a pitch black room, should you want to. It's kind of cozyishly comfy, actually, and quite restful for the eyes.|Source=([http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=25975#p25975 Ecmanaut])}}
+As a bonus, these controls make the game a whole lot easier to play in a pitch black room, should you want to. It's kind of cozyishly comfy, actually, and quite restful for the eyes.|Source=([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=25975#p25975 Ecmanaut])}}
 [[User:Smivs|Smivs]] back in 2012 wrote about how he used a [[Joysticks and Gamepads|joystick]] with his right hand and the keyboard with his left - and he had remapped his keyboard controls to make them easier to use with his left hand.
-Back in 2015, Cim [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=232611#p232611 was pondering] adding an in-game menu to configure keyboards, but his disappearance into Witch-space precluded any such development!
+Back in 2015, Cim [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=232611#p232611 was pondering] adding an in-game menu to configure keyboards, but his disappearance into Witch-space precluded any such development!
 [[File:TSOJ's keyboard.png|thumb|right|450px|TSOJ's keyboard: "The main point is to reset the control of axis to q,e for rolling, a,d for yawing, s,w for pitch. Especially the use of yawing makes aiming much easier. Accelerating is done by the up arrow, decelerating with the down arrow, the laser with the right arrow, ECM with the left arrow. This way I can use all the important functions that I need during combat without having to move my hands around."]]
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 === Instructions ===
 *[[Oolite Keyboard Controls]] describes how to find the '''keyconfig.plist''' and what to do with it!
-*TSOJ [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=270930#p270930 suggests] rebinding the navigation keys in a more easy-to-use manner
+*TSOJ [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=270930#p270930 suggests] rebinding the navigation keys in a more easy-to-use manner
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20692 BB thread] (2020)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20692 BB thread] (2020)
 *[[Keyconfig]] is a configuration helper for the keyconfig.plist (which allocates keyboard buttons to game commands). A simple tool creating custom configurations with a rough visual support. Keyconfig is a quick and dirty little helper running in the browser. It uses HTML+JS, but currently no File API stuff, so it has no fileaccess and relies on cut & paste. Updated for v.1.88 (so it does ''not'' yet include the ctrl-: & ctrl-; commands which appeared in v.1.90).
 === Tools ===
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11561 This] key-map [v.1.79] is a little dated, but is still helpful
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11561 This] key-map [v.1.79] is a little dated, but is still helpful
 *[https://app.box.com/s/zuchq02ix3 Oolite Keymapper for AppleMac] (v.1.7.2) by Greyman is very dated! (2010)
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19294 Macros: autohotkey for Windows] BB thread (2017)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19294 Macros: autohotkey for Windows] BB thread (2017)
 === OXPs ===
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 == Precision flying issues ==
-See [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18040 this BB thread] for more precise precision flying!
+See [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18040 this BB thread] for more precise precision flying!
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 == Keyboard Problems ==
 [[File:Ooliteboard.jpg|thumb|right|Clym's overlays (see ''other solutions'' below)]]
-*'''Linux keyboards''' (non US) can be a major problem: see [[Keyboard Controls (Linux)]] & [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20822 here].
+*'''Linux keyboards''' (non US) can be a major problem: see [[Keyboard Controls (Linux)]] & [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20822 here].
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 == Other solutions ==
 === Build your own! ===
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16549 Physically make your own Oolite Keyboard] (BangBangDuck, 2014)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16549 Physically make your own Oolite Keyboard] (BangBangDuck, 2014)
 === Overlays ===
-Overlays: Clym Angus produced [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=69517#p69517 Oolite overlays] for the keyboard (2009: before a number of the newer keypresses were introduced).
+Overlays: Clym Angus produced [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=69517#p69517 Oolite overlays] for the keyboard (2009: before a number of the newer keypresses were introduced).
-:and see Clym's [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=66620#p66620 Trading cheat-sheet] - note that it is dated (bottom right docking keys).
+:and see Clym's [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=66620#p66620 Trading cheat-sheet] - note that it is dated (bottom right docking keys).
 === Ergodox's ergonomic keyboard ===
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20956 Chomwitt (left-handed)] prefers Ergodox's customisable ergonomic keyboard: his vanilla game version is shown here.
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20956 Chomwitt (left-handed)] prefers Ergodox's customisable ergonomic keyboard: his vanilla game version is shown here.
   Here are the latest changes to my ergodox Oolite layout.
   - I used the ergodox option to config a button to combine Shift & Key in one press
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 You can download his profile from [https://app.box.com/s/ivz2d5tc2blc04knz3yq6hdlfe7y8cxp here].
-See [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21135 Touch Portal] (2021)
+See [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21135 Touch Portal] (2021)
 === Buttonboxes ===

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		+	Update: <br> [[User:Phkb\|Phkb]]'s recent revision (June/July 2022) of the vanilla game code incorporates setting keyboard bindings from the '''Game Options''' screen. If you have the skills you can download this from the [https://github.com/OoliteProject/nightlies Github site]. <br> Otherwise, try the Nightly Build option at the bottom of [http://oolite.space/download/ this page] (Windows and Linux versions only).
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	[[File:Keyconfig keyboard 1 3.png\|thumb\|right\|Keyconfig's ''Virtual Keyboard'' <br>(for easily changing one or two key settings)]]		[[File:Keyconfig keyboard 1 3.png\|thumb\|right\|Keyconfig's ''Virtual Keyboard'' <br>(for easily changing one or two key settings)]]
	== What does What? ==		== What does What? ==

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 Pitch/Yaw/Roll keys include precision "ctrl" keypress]]
 == Other solutions ==
-*Overlays: Clym Angus produced [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=69517#p69517 Oolite overlays] for the keyboard (2009: before a number of the newer keypresses were introduced).
+=== Build your own! ===
 :and see Clym's [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=66620#p66620 Trading cheat-sheet] - note that it is dated (bottom right docking keys).
 *[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20956 Chomwitt (left-handed)] prefers Ergodox's customisable ergonomic keyboard: his vanilla game version is shown here.
   Here are the latest changes to my ergodox Oolite layout.
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   - I created a small group of map-related 'green' keys (not all buttons can have LED colors in ergodox).
   - I reorganized - a little - the battle related keys but since I am totally unexperienced more changes may be due!
 *Also see [[Buttonboxes]] for Keyboards with programmable button images!
 [[File:Streamdeck Regular Docked.png|thumb|left|Buttonbox programmed for in-station docked use]]

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 There are some 60-odd key commands to master for the basic [[Vanilla game]]! Adding in all the special/optional vanilla game equipment adds another dozen or so. And adding in the OXPs increases it by 7 (just 7 for zillions of OXPs!). This is the reason that our developers are chary of adding more key-commands to the game.
-*Learning it:
+=== Learning it ===
 :1 Try the in-game [[Tutorial]] which gives one the basics
 :2 Try staring at the first sheet of the '''OoliteRS.pdf''' which came with your game download.
-*Reference:
+=== Reference ===
 :1 [[Oolite Keyboard Controls]] has a list of the key commands
 :2 The OoliteRS.pdf mentioned above
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 ::::(iv) [[XenonUI]] - vital on-screen reminders of what the numerous keyboard options are for the various GUI screens (F5/F6/F7/F8)
-::::*Note on 4 "View Keyboard Configuration" will pick up on changes to your keyconfig.plist, whether altered by OXP (eg [[Dangerous Keyconfig OXP]]), altered with [[Keyconfig]], or if you did it yourself manually.
+::::*Note on 4: "View Keyboard Configuration" will pick up on changes to your keyconfig.plist, whether altered by OXP (eg [[Dangerous Keyconfig OXP]]), altered with [[Keyconfig]], or if you did it yourself manually.
 :::::'''But''' if you use a "outside" altering method such as Macros or Ergodox's own software, "View Keyboard Configuration" will only show the now-misleading contents of the Keyconfig file!
 ::::*XenonUI will not pick up on ''any'' of these changes, its key command list is from a static graphic.
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 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5454 Changing Key Mapping] (2008-10)
-=== Non-English Keyboards ===
+----
 If you are lucky enough to have one of these, you will have noticed that some of the key-commands either don't work or do something else! (...the character code produced by any key press may be different than that from an English Keyboard). Needless to say, Oolite was written for the ''English'' Keyboard!
 What to do?
-*'''What does What?''' The '''View Keyboard Configuration''' page (found in-game on the Game Options page offered at game startup) shows you what ''your'' keys on ''your'' keyboard actually do in-game. So memorise ''that'' list, rather than what you find elsewhere in the literature. This is the only up-to-date list of ''all'' the key commands.
+=== Working out "What does What?" ===
-The '''Ship's Manual''' found in-game (if you have added the [[Ship's Library OXP]]) also tells you what the keys on ''your'' keyboard do! A more gentle introduction.
+*The '''Ship's Manual''' found in-game (if you have added the [[Ship's Library OXP]]) also tells you what the keys on ''your'' keyboard do! A more gentle introduction.
-*'''Changing what does what!''' Use [[Keyconfig]] to change what the keys on your keyboard actually ''do'' to something which you find easier to remember/easier to use. (Keyconfig also has keyboard layouts for the USA, French (AZERTY), German (QWERTZ), Italian & Russian)
+=== Changing what does what! ===
 *If you are experienced in this sort of thing, the character codes (Decimal & Hex) will be found [[Oolite Keyboard Controls|here]].
-* Keyconfig.plist for [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273466#p273466 French] (Gracieuseté du Monsieur le Commandant STyx).
+*Or download and install one of these
-*Keyconfig.plist for [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=278092#p278092 German] ''QWERTZ'' Linux keyboard (Mit reichlichem Gruß an Kommandant Freiherr von Tsoj, 2021).
+::French [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273466#p273466 Keyconfig.plist] (Gracieuseté du Monsieur le Commandant STyx).
-* Keyconfig.plist for [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21080 German] ''QWERTZ'' Linux keyboard (Genugtuung an den wundersamen und illustren Kommandanten Slartibartfast). This ''might'' work for Windows, too.
+::German (1) [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=278092#p278092 Keyconfig.plist] ''QWERTZ'' Linux keyboard (Mit reichlichem Gruß an Kommandant Freiherr von Tsoj, 2021).
-* Keyconfig.plist for [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273475#p273475 Latin American] (Gracias al Supremo, Serendipitoso y Sereno El Señor Comandante Reval).
+::German (2) [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21080 Keyconfig.plist] ''QWERTZ'' Linux keyboard (Genugtuung an den wundersamen und illustren Kommandanten Slartibartfast). This ''might'' work for Windows, too.
 If none of this works for you, ask for help here: [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20638 ''Foreign language'' keyboards] (BB Discussion thread). You may need to register on our Bulletin Board in order to do so.
 == Changing/Reconfiguring your Keyboard controls ==
 Oolite being so adaptable makes it relatively easy to change the keyboard commands to something you prefer. So, for example if you prefer to navigate with pitch & yaw rather than pitch & roll, you can swap the [[Roll vs Yaw crusades|yaw & roll]] keys so that yaw is beside pitch instead! Or, if you have internalised the Elite Dangerous keyboard commands, you can use the relevant E:D keyboard commands instead of having to learn the Oolite ones! Or if you are using an Icelandic keyboard running on Egyptian Hieroglyphs you can reset the keys to something that makes sense to you!
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 Back in 2015, Cim [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=232611#p232611 was pondering] adding an in-game menu to configure keyboards, but his disappearance into Witch-space precluded any such development!
 [[File:TSOJ's keyboard.png|thumb|right|450px|TSOJ's keyboard: "The main point is to reset the control of axis to q,e for rolling, a,d for yawing, s,w for pitch. Especially the use of yawing makes aiming much easier. Accelerating is done by the up arrow, decelerating with the down arrow, the laser with the right arrow, ECM with the left arrow. This way I can use all the important functions that I need during combat without having to move my hands around."]]
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 *TSOJ [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=270930#p270930 suggests] rebinding the navigation keys in a more easy-to-use manner
 *[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20692 BB thread] (2020)
 === Tools ===
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 == Precision flying issues ==
 See [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18040 this BB thread] for more precise precision flying!
 == Keyboard Problems ==
 [[File:Ooliteboard.jpg|thumb|right|Clym's overlays (see ''other solutions'' below)]]
 *'''Linux keyboards''' (non US) can be a major problem: see [[Keyboard Controls (Linux)]] & [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20822 here].
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 LMSS & Barrel Roll were chosen as the "Primable Actions"<br>
 Pitch/Yaw/Roll keys include precision "ctrl" keypress]]
 == Other solutions ==
 *Overlays: Clym Angus produced [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=69517#p69517 Oolite overlays] for the keyboard (2009: before a number of the newer keypresses were introduced).

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-[[File:Keyconfig keyboard 1 3.png|thumb|right|Keyconfig's ''Virtual Keyboard'' for easily changing settings)]]
+[[File:Keyconfig keyboard 1 3.png|thumb|right|Keyconfig's ''Virtual Keyboard'' <br>(for easily changing one or two key settings)]]
 == What does What? ==
 [[File:Gimi's Key Map (windows version).png|thumb|right|400px|8 Versions: windows&linux ''vs'' mac <br>