[squeak-dev] Re: Functional keys and squeak

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Tue Nov 18 23:48:23 UTC 2008


 > So, my question is, is squeak images aware of existance of functional 
keys?

Short answer: No. And I'll leave the long answer to someone else ;-)

Cheers,
   - Andreas

Igor Stasenko wrote:
> On my win desktop, a functional keys (F1 - F12) generating a key codes
> 'p' F2 'r' 's' 't' ... 'x' 'y' 'z' '{'
> which i can see when turning events with:
> HandMorph showEvents: true
> 
> all of them seem ignored by image somewhere in EventSensor, except F2
> which pops up the VM Preferences menu (but this completely handled by
> windows VM).
> 
> I wonder is there's any way to use/handle these keys in squeak in
> platform transparent way?
> Since squeak originally came from macs, image expects key codes in
> 'mac' format. But i have no idea how things working on macs.
> 
> In old ages not all keyboards has functional keys , some of them has 5
> to 10 functional keys.
> But now, i think it is standard to all keyboards to come with at least
> 10 functional keys.
> And macs is not exception
> http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/07/imac-slim-keyboard-1.jpg
> :)
> 
> So, my question is, is squeak images aware of existance of functional keys?
> And second, if yes, then what correct key codes VM should generate to
> make image feel happy ?
> 




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