> > Is this something crazy due to screwed up control in thayers or something? > > > > Seems to be causing many differences of opinion whatever it is... > > I'm not sure where or why it started, but part of it is the realisation that using P > for pause is a carryover from the days when MAME was arcade-only. I personally use > the aptly-named Pause/Break key for Pause, just like many DOS games do. > > A few of the devs have been trying out various new layouts for the UI keys, and afaik > it's still in progress. Last time I looked Pause is now on F5, but it might have > moved again. I'm waiting for it to be settled before I learn what they've done. > Hopefully someone will update/add documentation so people won't have to do > experiments.
Thanks for your thoughts. Muscle memory is not gonna take kindly to these changes - lol
For some reason the reference to the letter "P" also made me hunt out this old British comedy sketch I remember seeing many years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nb1uWVFSRU&t=63s - Classic
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