0008900: Pressing alt+key combinations doesn't work on Ubuntu

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0008900

Dwarf Fortress

Technical -- Input/Keybinding/Macros

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2015-04-04 07:47

2015-04-04 08:06

Reporter

latias1290

Assigned To

Knight Otu

Priority

normal

Severity

block

Reproducibility

always

Status

resolved

Resolution

duplicate

Platform

Ubuntu

OS Version

14.04 LTS

Product Version

0.40.24

Target Version

Fixed in Version

Summary

0008900: Pressing alt+key combinations doesn't work on Ubuntu

Description

The single most annoying thing caused by this is that you cannot directly attack creatures that you are not already in a fight with. Such as when killing a friendly creature. You can, however, throw something at him which will usually take the conflict level from encounter to lethal, at which point you can attack them without having to confirm.

I am pretty sure it is caused by the fact that the alt key is reserved for opening the dash and many other system functions, so there's probably not much to do about it other than change the alt+key combinations into something else, which isn't likely to happen. But I'm going to report it anyway.

Steps To Reproduce

1) Be on ubuntu
2) Do something that requires alt+key action (such as attacking a friendly creature)
3) ????
4) Profit!

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