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Re: Listen For command and Escape key
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Re: Listen For command and Escape key


  • Subject: Re: Listen For command and Escape key
  • From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:19:40 -0800
  • Thread-topic: Listen For command and Escape key

On 3/18/06 3:11 PM, "Bill Cheeseman" <email@hidden> wrote:

> Unfortunately, at least in recent versions, holding the Escape key down
> causes the Listen For command to exit with an error to the effect that the
> user interrupted the script while waiting for a response -- or, sometimes, I
> just get a series of angry beeps. This appears to be the result of
> AppleScript interpreting the Escape key as a keyboard equivalent for a
> cancel operation. If you change the default Listening Key to something else,
> say F5, the problem goes away.
>
> I don't recall having this problem with the Escape key in the old days.

AFAIR, you had to depress both Esc and "." period simultaneously to cancel
anything. It seems like a bug that Esc on its own should now be sufficient.

--
Paul Berkowitz


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