Use a send in time loop to monitor shiftkey() and just leave it running? On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com>wrote:
> What follows is an extract from a message I have just sent to a colleague; > it concerns > a really large problem: > > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------------------------**----------------------- > > "Then when the shift key is held down, all the vowels appear, type your > vowel, > then when you let go, the consonant panel appears again > This behavior will be *very* familiar to everyone..." > > That would be perfectly alright (and it appeals to me) if it were not for > a limitation in Livecode and/or Macintosh; that when one presses > the SHIFT key on a Mac keyboard a Livecode stack does not receive a > rawKeyDown signal: this has also been discussed between us > several times. > > For instance; one could have a very simple bit of code rather like this: > > if shiftkey() is down then > --do something-- > else > --do something else-- > end if > > and it would work without a hitch. > > What one CANNOT do is something like this: > > on rawKeyDown KEE > if KEE= XXXX then --where 'XXXX' is a number-- > ---do something---- > else > ---do something else--- > end if > end rawKeyDown > > as pressing the SHIFTkey on a Mac keyboard does not generate a rawKeyDown > number > rather like the DELETEkey generates 65288 > > this has been a "right bu**er" all along. > > SO; it is perfectly possible to have a KEY on the keyboard generate a > consonant when the SHIFTkey is NOT down, > and a vowel when the SHIFTkey is down; but one cannot change the display > that the typist sees in front of him on the screen. > > [come to think of things, I'm going to post this bit 'up' on the Use-List > on the off-chance that some wise soul has > found a work-around for this old chestnut] > > Please don't think I'm so daft I haven't thought about this "one" long and > hard . . . :) > > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ----------------- > > does anybody have any suggestions as to how one might circumvent this > problem? > > sincerely, Richmond. > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
