Re: Detect dim/brightness keys on laptop

2009-12-30 Thread Jeremy Pereira
On 25 Dec 2009, at 14:01, John Clayton wrote: My aim is to write a little util that swaps the function keys depending on which app is running (i.e. so that during certain apps you don't have to use the FN key on the laptop to get F1). So I need to have the ability to modify the event

Re: Detect dim/brightness keys on laptop

2009-12-26 Thread Michael Davey
As far as I know, the system provides you with this choice. On 26 Dec 2009, at 01:01, John Clayton wrote: Hi All I there a way to detect, on a system wide basis, that the dim/brightness keys (or volume keys) have been pressed? I tried using the event-tap API using a HID + head based

Detect dim/brightness keys on laptop

2009-12-25 Thread John Clayton
Hi All I there a way to detect, on a system wide basis, that the dim/ brightness keys (or volume keys) have been pressed? I tried using the event-tap API using a HID + head based intercept, running as root with assistive access switched on, but even that doesn't receive the events. My