Keyboard
| Keyboard commands | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~ | ! | @ | # | $ | % | ^ | & | * | ( | ) | _ | = | + | ||||||||
| Q | W | E | R | T | Y | U | I | O | P | { | } | | | |||||||||
| q | w | e | r | t | y | u | i | o | p | [ | ] | \ | |||||||||
| A | S | D | F | G | H | J | K | L | : | " | |||||||||||
| a | s | d | f | g | h | j | k | l | ; | ' | |||||||||||
| Z | X | C | V | B | N | M | < | > | ? | ||||||||||||
| z | x | c | v | b | n | m | , | . | / | ||||||||||||
| q | w | e | r | t | u | i | o | p | Alt | ||||||||||||
| a | s | d | f | j | l | Alt | |||||||||||||||
| c | v | n | m | ? | Alt | ||||||||||||||||
| A | C | R | T | O | Alt | ||||||||||||||||
| a | c | d | o | p | r | t | [ | Ctrl | |||||||||||||
You need a keyboard to play NetHack. This becomes of concern when you try to port NetHack to some platform that does not normally have a keyboard.
For an overview of the various characters that you may type, see ASCII. Our ASCII page has links for most of the characters.
Some window ports also let you use a mouse. NetHack will convert your mouse clicks into equivalent key presses.
The following keyboard layout shows all but the debug commands (click to view larger):
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