Ctrl-Break in dosbox

Trying to break out of a program in gw-basic or qbasic under dosbox? The proper key sequence is Ctrl+ScrollLock. Your computer might have a Scroll Lock key. Look for an arrow pointing down with a line under it. Usually, you will need to press the Fn key to use the Scroll Lock key. So the sequence is Ctrl+Fn+ScrollLock.

If your laptop doesn't have a ScrollLock key, you'll need to remap some other key to ScrollLock. Fortunately, there's the "Menu" key on modern keyboards that has no other purpose under dosbox, so we can remap it. To do so:

• Press Ctrl+F1
• Click on "SCL" in the upper right.
• Click on "Add" at the bottom middle.
• Press the "Menu" key on your keyboard.
• Click on Exit.
• Now press Ctrl+Menu on your keyboard to break!

I need to do a little more digging and figure out how to make this permanent.

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