Why not make the Windows key (it's on most PC keyboards) correspond to
Command? Then you have Win = Command, and Alt = Option, and Ctrl = Control.
The key works under linux, but I'm not sure if the viewer knows about it.
Simon.
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Subject: Minor vncPatches68k announcment!
> I have added the aforementioned Time Manager task hack that will
> attempt to 'nudge' away the 'sticky situations'.
>
> I have also added something else that I think some of you will
> probably be very pleased about - namely, mouse modifier keys...
>
>
> Since this was accidentally switched off by the alpha-2 server, but
> the server still sends the patch a 'hook' into its key-merging code,
> I decided just to ignore the activation status and ask the server to
> munge the keys anyway.
>
> Since the server was not tested with this functionality, it turned
> out to be getting the key mappings a bit messed up (I think Jonathan
> had found this already and has fixed it in his development).
>
> Fortunately, though, it was fairly straightforward to perform a
> mapping from the server's keymap to the correct keymap.
>
> I hope this will make any apps that read directly from the keyboard
> work (for the most part) correctly, now.
>
> I've only tested this from my unix viewer, and since I have no keypad
> on my Duo I have not figured out the mappings for these (yet).
>
> If you are using a keyboard without a command key (apple/cloverleaf
> thingy) then the following key combinations should be used for mouse
> click/drag modifiers:
>
>
> ctrl + alt click = command click
>
> shift + ctrl + alt click = shift + command click
>
> (i.e. ctrl+alt acts like command in the above two cases)
>
>
> shift + ctrl click = ctrl + command click
>
> shift + alt click = option(/alt) + command click
>
> (i.e. shift acts like command in the above two cases)
>
>
> (don't ask me how to do a ctrl+option click, please!
> Nor a shift+ctrl+opt click, nor a ctrl+opt+command click...)
>
>
> Here's the URL:
>
> http://wrench.et.ic.ac.uk/adrian/software/vnc/vncPatches68k-dtk.hqx
>
> Once unbinhexed you will get a file called: vncPatches68k-dtk.hqx
>
> Take the current vncPatches/vncPatches68k/vncPatches68k-dragtest out
> of your extensions folder, put the new one in, and restart!
>
> A slight warning is in order: the Time Manager task checks up on the
> patches (three times a second). It is possible for it to think that
> something has happened just when the machine is actually busy (e.g.
> disk access etc.) - because of the way that the task messes with the
> low level mouse stuff, it is just possible on the odd occasion for it
> to cause a click to go amiss (that's even a click on the server's own
> physical mouse). However, it's not likely to cause a problem...
>
> If you want to see the task in action, drag an icon to the menu bar
> (this is on the server itself - it's difficult to see through the
> viewer) or drag it over one of the VNC server windows.
> You should see the translucent icon doing a little twitch every so
> often, even though you are not moving the mouse!
>
>
> Let me know how it goes...
>
> Adrian
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