RetroArch shortcuts not working in default install

[dooblem]

Hello,

I used the sdcard image provided : V2.2 Last Updated 07/09/2014

I spent hours trying to make rgui and some keyboard shortcuts to work (F1, F2 to save state, F4 to restore...)

Turns that it was because of input_enable_hotkey = escape, set in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
However, escape is also set to exit RetroArch.

After removing the configuration directive, everything is fine.

Can you update the default sdcard image ?

Thanks in advance,
Marc

[petrockblog]

The hotkey shortcut is disabled per default now.

[joolswills]

@petrockblog I noticed retroarch still has

ensureKeyValue "input_enable_hotkey" "escape" "$rootdir/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

in the config. On my system I have to disable this to access the retroarch menus. Is there a reason the enable hotkey key is set to the same key as the escape key for retroarch ?

[petrockblog]

As far as I can remember, there is no special reason other than input_enable_hotkey had to be set to some value. Another suitable key for input_enable_hotkey would be fine, I guess.

[joolswills]

leaving input_enable_hotkey commented out works fine for me - those that want to set it can do so manually (or maybe at some point we can create a configuration option in retropie-setup.sh)

[nilsbyte]

Does this mean that input_enable_hotkey = "escape" is commented out per default after installing RetroPie? I don't want to change it by hand every time :)

[joolswills]

It isn't yet, but can be if @petrockblog is happy with that.

[petrockblog]

We can remove the option input_enable_hotkey. But at the same time we must make sure that the hotkey is still working for the game pads / joysticks. There was some sort of dependency between input_enable_hotkey and input_enable_hotkey_btn, but I am not 100% sure here ...

[nilsbyte]

We can use input_enable_hotkey = "nul". This way the configuration option is active but not mapped. I found no connection to input_enable_hotkey_btn (it just defines a keypad button instead of a keyboard key).

@petrockblog can you make the change?

[petrockblog]

I have commit that change now (8138086).