Kay, "Enter" on XP is 65293, as on your MBP (by the way, what is MBP?)
------------------ Kay wrote: But I get the feeling that the keycode for RETURN (Enter) may be 65290 on Unix/Linux, it is 65293 on my MBP, and absolutely no clue for Win. --- On Sun, 1/31/10, Michael Kann <mikek...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Michael Kann <mikek...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [BUG] or expected behaviour - rawKeyUp (or Down) > To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution@lists.runrev.com> > Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 9:11 AM > Kay, > > Good find. On Windows XP behavior is as you describe it. All > non ASCII keys get 65280 added to their number. > > Thanks, > Mike > > --- On Sun, 1/31/10, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > From: Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> > > Subject: [BUG] or expected behaviour - rawKeyUp (or > Down) > > To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution@lists.runrev.com> > > Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 7:03 AM > > Whilst trying to track rawKeyUp > > messages I was having great success as > > everything was straight ASCII, until I started to deal > with > > DELETE, TAB, and > > RETURN keys. > > > > Create a new stack and place this script into the > Stack > > Script: > > (this is a 3 line script, watch line wraps) > > > > on rawKeyUp tKeyCode > > put numToChar(tKeyCode) & " is > > charToNum:" && tKeyCode & \ > > cr & numToChar (tKeyCode) > > & "is keyCode:" && tKeyCode & \ > > cr & "TAB is charToNum:" > > && charToNum(tab) & \ > > cr & "CR is charToNum:" > > && charToNum(cr.) into msg > > end rawKeyUp > > > > If you start tapping keys you will see that tKeyCode > is > > simply the ASCII > > code equivalent. Great, this makes checking which key > was > > pressed very easy. > > There is no effect if modifier keys are pressed, i.e. > > option + 8 does not do > > the • (bullet) but produces 8 and it's ASCII 56. > This > > lack of effect of > > modifier keys is explained in the Rev Dictionary, so > no > > problem there. > > > > But when we get to DELETE, TAB and RETURN keys, > things > > change, instead of > > producing 8,9 and 10* we get 65288, 65289 and 65293* > (on OS > > X) - Basically > > 65280 + the ASCII number* > > > > This appears to be some kind of Unicode, except the > Rev > > Dictionary says > > useUnicode is a Local property which is normally > False, so > > in this script, > > as it was not set, it should be False. > > > > So my first question is, does this appear to be > correct > > behaviour as I don't > > understand why the tKeyCode for DELETE, TAB and > RETURN* > > does not just report > > as 8, 9 and 10*? > > > > *What constitutes RETURN in Rev is fully explained in > the > > dictionary. > > Although Unix use LF = ASCII 10, and Mac uses CR = > ASCII > > 13, and Windows > > uses CR+LF, 13 10; Rev in ALL cases uses LF = ASCII 10 > as > > it's end of line > > character. > > > > So for rawKeyUp (and rawKeyDown) on Mac it appears to > > produce a tKeyCode of > > 65280 + 13 i.e. the ASCII for Mac CR, not Rev RETURN = > LF > > (ASCII 10). > > > > That then raises the next question. I'm hoping that > the raw > > keycode for > > DELETE and TAB on Unix/Linux, Mac and Win are all the > same > > - 65288. 65289. > > But I get the feeling that the keycode for RETURN > (Enter) > > may be 65290 on > > Unix/Linux, it is 65293 on my MBP, and absolutely no > clue > > for Win. > > > > Lastly, is there any chance that these codes may > change if > > you are using an > > Extended Keyboard or different keyboard layouts - > i.e. > > MacBooks have > > different layouts to MacBook Pros, which have > separate > > Enter keys that have > > a keyCode of 65421. > > > > I'm on SnoLeo with a MBP. > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and > manage > > your subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution