Sims,
The keymap was originally a Macintosh toolbox data structure that sat in low-memory, specifying which keys were currently down. It was intended primarily to let the front-most app see if the user had multiple keys down simultaneously (e.g. ctrl-option-shift-delete), but like others before you, you've found that it's also possible to check for keys down from other than the front-most app.
Two comments:
1) It's possible that RunRev is merely simulating the Mac effect for Windows, by providing a keymap function that only works when RunRev is frontmost. If this is the case, then your app will never see other app keystrokes on Windows.
2) I assume you realize that there's no guarantee that you'll see all keystrokes, even with your Mac version? By calling "wait 10 millisecs with messages" you're assuming first, that keystrokes don't happen any faster than 10 milliseconds, and second, that your app will be given a time-slice every 10 milliseconds...either of these might be incorrect, resulting in lost keystrokes (though possibly not enough to matter).
Regards, -- Frank
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What if you make the window a systemWindow so that it is always at the front?
Interesting idea...and if I don't want that window to show I could hide it somehow. I'll give that a try, thanks.
Actually, I am surprised that it works in any system. I would have assumed that keystrokes only got passed to the front application no matter what OS you were using :-)
Surprised me also...but it works on OS X, at least with all the non-Rev apps I have and that includes Word.
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