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Type return to login anonymously
":reset network"

;;; "save world" ; not working :(
;;; "save world" ; not working, but you're in a VM that can be paused

Enjoy!

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You will need a three button mouse. This can be emulated on a Mac laptop by using BetterTouchTool to add a gesture making "Three Finger [Tap or Click]" activate "Middle Click".

Genera is infamous for having a keyboard with a lot of modifier keys. Fortunately Open Genera treats the left and right modifiers differently to provide most of them on a modern keyboard.

<Control> [Either Control]
<Shift> [Either Shift]
<Meta> [Left Option / Alt]
<Super> [Left Super]
<Hyper> [Right Option / Alt]
<Symbol> [Right Super]

You are separated from Open Genera by an x86 emulation layer called snap4. Some remapping is done at this layer:

<Select> is [F1]
<Function> is [F3]
<Suspend> is [F4]
<Resume> is [F5]
<Abort> is [F6]
<Square> is [F7]
<Help> is [F12]
Genera is infamous for having a keyboard with a lot of modifier keys. Fortunately Open Genera treats the left and right modifiers differently to provide most of them on a modern keyboard. In addition, the Alpha-on-x86 emulation layer (snap4) provides some remappings. The end result is something like this:

<Control> [Control]
<Shift> [Shift]
<Meta> [Left Alt]
<Super> [Right Alt]
<Symbol> [Right Super]
<Hyper> [No Binding]

<Select> [F1]
<Function> [F3]
<Suspend> [F4]
<Resume> [F5]
<Abort> [F6]
<Square> [F7]
<Help> [F12]

<Rubout> is [Delete] (not Backspace)
<Abort> is [Keypad Minus]
<Super> is [Right Control]
<Rubout> [Delete] (not the key next to Equals)

You are also separated from Open Genera by a VNC session. Inside this session there are three windows managed by ratpoison (a keyboard oriented window manager).

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C-t ? shows the ratpoison help screen

The VNC server also addionally remaps some keys for convenience:
### Mac Tips

You can connect to the VNC session via the Finder by pressing Command-K and connecting to "vnc://localhost:5902". While this is convenient, you will be better served by RealVNC, which has a super-expert-advanced setting that will allow you to map Left Option to Alt_L (Meta) and Right Option to Alt_R (Super). YOU WANT THESE.

On Mac OSX you can connect to the VNC session via the Finder by pressing Command-K and connecting to "vnc://localhost:5902". While this is convenient, you will be better served by RealVNC, which has a super-expert-advanced setting that will cause Left Command to send Super_L and Right Command to send Super_R. YOU WANT THIS. You can also use FunctionFlip to
On a laptop the fn key turns Backspace into Delete (IMPORTANT), Left Arrow into Home, Right Arrow into End, Up Arrow into Page Up, and Down Arrow into Page Down.

## Switching Applications in Genera

Type &lt;Select> ([F1]) followed by:

[=] SELECT Key Selector
[%] Metering Interface
[C]onverse
[D]ocument Examiner
[E]ditor (Zmacs)
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