* Russ Burdick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> i think that starts to look more like an idea that i suggested a bit
> ago, namely having one key combo map to another keyboard event, possibly
> an event directed at a specific app. so instead of your alt+tab you
> could use ctrl+alt+tab (or ctrl+m alt+tab as related to this threat) and
> then it'd pass an alt+tab to your vnc (or whatever) window. i had
> suggested it as a way to have bbkeys grab a key (say, ctrl+n) and then
> send a different event (say 'n') to a running mp3 player without having
> to focus it and hit the 'n' (next song) key. would this be better suited
> to some sort of 'event mangler' type program? i feel like this is what
> we're getting closer to, but i dont know if it could be a separate
> entity.

They really are quite different ideas, and I don't think yours would
fit at all with bbkeys.
For the mp3 player example, most good mp3 players offer some sort of
method to control them from a command line, often through a fifo or
with the correct options to the binary.

scott

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