* 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 -- Copyleft (c) 2001, Scott Moynes
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