Re: Repeating modifiers
Re: Repeating modifiers
- Subject: Re: Repeating modifiers
- From: Michael McCracken <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 08:32:18 -0500
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden> wrote:
> On May 18, 2009, at 15:57, Michael McCracken wrote:
>
>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Fixed in svn...
>>>
>>> I use one of God's keyboards* which doesn't have a right control, so I
>>> probably overlooked that.
>>>
>>> *: Sun Type 6 ... with the control key to the left of 'a' where it
>>> belongs...
>>
>> Apologies for a slightly OT question, but since you mentioned you use
>> the Sun Type 6, as do I, I was wondering if you or the list knew of a
>> way to get those 10 keys just to the left of the One True Control key
>> to do anything other than emit an 'a'. I'm not sure if I'd actually
>> use them much, but it grates on me that I can't bind them to something
>> useful.
>
> The problem is at a lower level than applications can deal with. Those keys
> are sending the same NSEvent as the 'a' key... which is why you see the a.
> The compose key, on the other hand, results in "keycode 118" in X11.app...
> which you can use... I think it's the same keycode that the context menu
> button gives with windows keyboards.
>
> I'm sure there's "a way" ... but I haven't taken the plunge ;)
Yeah, I've also gone as far as tracing the NSEvents. That's frustrating.
I was hoping you knew of a lower-level hack or something.
Even Ukelele, the keyboard layout editor, doesn't see it differently
(I guess that's built on top of NSEvent).
I even asked inside Sun, but no one on the mac users list knew a way.
Oh well. If you ever find a solution, please let us know.
Cheers,
-mike
--
Michael McCracken
UCSD CSE PhD Candidate
research: http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/~mmccrack/
misc: http://michael-mccracken.net/wp/
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