[Coco] M.E.S.S. and the Scroll Lock key

Robert Gault robert.gault at worldnet.att.net
Wed Jan 6 22:43:14 EST 2010


tim lindner wrote:
> Christian Lesage<hyperfrog at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Tim. Actually, Wes' suggestion, which enables a menu bar, solved
>> my problem, but I'm curious about your own suggestion.
>>
>> I couldn't find where they put the "UI Mode Key" setting in the GUI
>> (i.e. MESSUI), nor could I find the string "uimodekey" in "mess.ini",
>> "MESSUI.ini", or "coco3.ini".
>>
>> After some googling, I came to the conclusion that this parameter is
>> specific to the SDL version of MESS, which, apparently, I'm not using.
>> (I downloaded MESS 0.135 Windows binaries optimized for i686
>> processors.)
>
> Doh!
>
> I was _sure_ they added this feature to the mainline Windows version. I
> guess I was wrong.
>

If you guys are asking how to use the newgui, it is simple. Start 
messui.exe, select the Coco version you want to use, adjust the 
properties of the version on the Miscellaneous page and check or decheck 
Use New UI.
Or
Using the command line
mess coco3 -newui



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