I don't think though that either script will tell you which hotkeys are in use by your current set of scripts right? I don't know about your script Jeff, but Jamals says it looks at the shortcuts on the desktop and the menus.
It becomes even more confusing because some hotkeys are application specific, and so may or may not even be a problem for you if they do conflict, depending upon whether your script uses application-specific keys or not. I have always wondered if, you try and register a global hotkey, and another script is currently using it, whether the registerhotkey method will return an error or not. seems that it should, but I've never asked that question, and the docs don't say. Chip -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Weiss [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Which hotkeys are taken Jamal has a script called Detect shortcut keys Which will give you a list of all of the system hotkeys that are defined. I have a script that I have just finished called WEHotkeys Which will give you a list of all of the Window-Eyes hotkeys that are defined in the active set file. I will be posting it shortly. Jeff Weiss -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Huber [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 12:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Which hotkeys are taken Hi: I believe there is already a script which will do that. The name escapes me right now, but you press a hotkey and it gives you a list of all the hotkes of the scripts that you are running. On 4/23/10, David <[email protected]> wrote: > When starting out on a new scripting project, it might often be a challenge > to find a good hotkey, that will be used by default to initiate the script. > Sometimes, you find yourself writing a script, that uses a hotkey, that > others wanted to use, or already are using, as well. Of course, when > releasing a script, you want your default hotkey not to conflict with any > other scripts. > > I just thought, that it might have been an idea, if there was somewhere to > look up a list, of which hotkeys are already 'taken' or occupied by default. > How about a spot on the WIKI, or something? Or, could it even be so, that in > the process of registering and uploading a new script - or version of a > script - to the SC, you would have to fill in a field holding info as to > which hotkeys your script occupies by default. And then, the server would > automatically register these hotkeys in a list, that new scripters quickly > could access, and make sure that they pick an 'available' hotkey for their > project. > > Anyone have som feedback on the idea? > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1548 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message >
