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@@ -288,6 +288,28 @@ Multiuser Support on Windows systems
ioquake3.exe +set fs_homepath "c:\ioquake3"
Note that this cvar MUST be set as a command line parameter.
+SDL Keyboard Differences
+ ioquake3 clients built againt SDL (e.g. Linux and Mac OS X) have different
+ keyboard behaviour than the original Quake3 clients.
+
+ * "Caps Lock" and "Num Lock" can not be used as normal binds since they
+ do not send a KEYUP event until the key is pressed again.
+
+ * SDL > 1.2.9 does not support disabling "Dead Key" recognition.
+ In order to send "Dead Key" characters (e.g. ~, ', `, and ^), you
+ must key a Space (or sometimes the same character again) after the
+ character to send it on many international keyboard layouts.
+
+ * The SDL client supports many more keys than the original Quake3 client.
+ For example the keys: "Windows", "SysReq", "ScrollLock", and "Break".
+ For non-US keyboards, all of the so called "World" keys are now
+ supported as well as F13, F14, F15, and the country-specific
+ mode/meta keys.
+
+ SDL's "Dead Key" behaviour makes the hard-coded toggleConsole binds ~ and `
+ annoying to use on many non-US keyboards. In response, an additional
+ toggleConsole bind has been added on the key combination Shift-Esc.
+
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