Remove escape to console
  • jhnwhite
    Hey guys!

    I want to disable using ESC on the main menu to get to the console. Is there a way to do this? I am trying to make my pi run only with a controller. The console would be impossible to escape.

    I just need to make sure someone isn't playing games on my pi and accidently getting to the console.
  • mholgatemmholgatem
  • jhnwhite
    Two things.

    1) How would I reach the console after that? Can I indicate a different key?

    2) Does this also keep the gamepad from exiting the main menu? When you hit B?

    Thanks mholgatem!
  • lateolateo
    @jhnwhite: does you controller return characters in the terminal console?
    if so, there's an easy way to return to GUI from terminal. Just let me know.

    @mholgatem: interesting ; is there a "usable keys" reference anywhere? (python doc? pygame doc?) i may tweak this file to manage sound volume rather than using an ugly hack of pmutil.py... :-p
  • jhnwhite
    @lateo Pretty sure it doesn't. Plus, I want this thing to be usable by other people, which is why I am trying to avoid hitting the console if I can. So far I have a big red button on the top of the pi case that returns to the game list using ESC. I just don't want that button to hit the console if they press it too many times.

    If I can remap this to a key that only appears on a keyboard, then I can still work on the pi when I am at home with my keyboard and mouse.
  • mholgatemmholgatem
  • jhnwhite
    Perfect! That is exactly what I need.
    Last thing: The B button on my controller will also exit the main menu. I want to make sure that doesn't happen.

    Thanks for all your help!
  • mholgatemmholgatem
  • Chad
    @mholgatem - Looking at option 2 I see something called PiMAME! What's that? ;)
  • mholgatemmholgatem
    @Chad - haha, old habits!
  • lateolateo
    @mholgatem 6:00PM:
    thanks for the link :)
  • jhnwhite
    For the controller part, commenting out pygame.quit() and sys.exit() didn't work. I had to remove everything from the if statement down. It works, but not sure if that messes anything up! Hopefully not.

    Remapped my quit button to Q on my keyboard. Everything is working great now!
  • mholgatemmholgatem
    oops, that's right. Python would expect to see something there, so you would need to comment the 'if event.button == 1:' part out too. sorry bout that. It won't mess anything else up.
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