Deciphering buildFile.XML File

Module Design
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My aim - to replace all CTRL+F Key Commands with CTRL+]. Then replace all ALT+F Key Commands with CTRL+F.

My thought - Unzip the module and edit the buildFile.xml file to perform some global replacements. Simple - not. Those (and probably all the other Key Commands) do not appear as such. Seemingly something else, a code/number/whatever, is used to designate/define these key combinations.

Is there a way to do this? The Vassal Search function can find them all, but it does not have a replace (with) functionality (BTW, that functionality would actually be very nice).

Manually altering several thousand layer traits is not my idea of spending the next few days time.

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Key commands (i.e., keystrokes or named commands) are encoded as

chararcter-code,modifier-code[,name]

where character-code is the ASCII number of a character

A -> 65, B -> 66, ..., Z -> 90

and modifier-key are

Ctrl -> 130
Alt -> 520
Shift -> 65
Ctrl+Shift -> Ctrl + Shift = 195
Alt+Shift -> Alt + Shift = 585
none -> 0

and name is optional and is a named command. If name is specified then character-code must be 57348 and modifier-code must be 0.

So if you want to replace Ctrl+F with Ctrl+J, then search and replace 70,130 with 74,130, and to replace Alt+F with Ctrl+F, then search and replace 70,520 with 70,130.

Please remember to indicate which post solved your problem - that really helps other find solutions to their problems.

Yours,
Christian

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Thank you Christian.

  1. for your rapid response and
  2. for your answer

I’ll load the file up and have a bash and let you know. To me, your message is the correct response, but I do like to confirm first (if that’s OK).

Don