Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 02:05:26 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) From: Michael J Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Screen off/Keyboard keys on for GPS?
> I found the Ins key was great to get an updated voice prompt on what > the next turn was. And I thought it'd be really nice if I could hit a > key and get the screen to blank out, and another to wake it up. Is > this anything that has been done, or may be at all possible? I can > always flip the lid closed, and then flip it up again when I want to > hit the Ins key... but it'd be nice if I could get the screen to blank > out by hitting a key. For your purposes (and for general GPS use under Windows), I'd suggest looking at the freeware "Power Pro", found at www.windowspowerpro.com . One of the many things it can do is to let you define "hot keys" (or create clickable buttons) that will send user-defined keystokes to an application. I have it set up with Street Atlas so a "left mouse click" gets me the voice prompt for "next turn", "right mouse click" gets me the voice prompt for "time to end", and "chord click" gets me "current road". With these, I just shut the lib, and get my directions via mouse clicks (it's a *great* use for the "outside" mouse buttons!) I expect that an mp3 player can be controlled in the same way, though I haven't tried. Mike ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
