That is correct. You can download it on the mac, but it will have to be installed on windows.
> On Aug 20, 2014, at 2:36 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona > <[email protected]> wrote: > > if memory serves it is a windows app > hth > Hank > > On 8/19/2014 9:47 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: >> Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? >> Thanks! >> Cait >> >> On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. >>> >>> Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick >>> efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? >>> Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always >>> patient with you. >>> Subscribe here: [email protected] >>> All are welcome! >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Taylor >>> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, >>> you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to >>> do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows >>> ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really >>> handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys >>> round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is >>> now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a >>> little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more >>> flexibility than doing this remapping does. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Dave >>> >>> On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. >>>> Mapping keys in fusion >>>> >>>>> First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while >>>>> you >>>> often >>>>> do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in >>>>> 1 of >>>> 2 >>>>> ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as >>>>> far as >>>> I'm >>>>> aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface >>>>> issue >>>> in >>>>> fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys >>>> program. >>>>> Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For >>>>> example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or >>>>> your right option key, to the windows insert. >>>>> >>>>> If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an >>>>> insert >>>> key. If >>>>> you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using >>>>> the >>>> fusion >>>>> keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion >>>>> only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command >>>>> comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. >>>>> >>>>> If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to >>>>> be a >>>> local >>>>> setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys >>>>> modifies >>>> the >>>>> windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same >>>>> result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held >>>>> down >>>> as if it >>>>> were a modifier key for other keys. >>>>> >>>>> This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside >>>>> the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you >>>>> can't >>>> hold it >>>>> down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give >>>>> commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, >>>>> will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows >>>>> computer. This >>>> lets >>>>> you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's >>>>> commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for >>> someone else. >>>>> Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using >>>>> fusion >>>> 3.1.3, >>>>> which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu >>>>> bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, >>>>> and then follow the instructions. >>>>> >>>>> First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain, have your virtual >>>>> machines >>>> shut >>>>> down. Then press command comma to open fusion's global preferences. >>>>> >>>>> At the top of this window is a toolbar. Interact with it and click >>>> keyboard and >>>>> mouse. A new window will appear. >>>>> >>>>> The first thing you will encounter is a pop up button where you >>>>> choose >>>> your >>>>> keyboard and mouse profile. The window itself consists of 4 tab >>>>> sheets, >>>> and >>>>> all those settings together are stored in a keyboard and mouse >>>>> profile. I don't think we will ever need a second profile, but that's >>>>> what the button allows. Leave it at its default. >>>>> >>>>> The first tab sheet of this dialog, named, key mappings, is where >>>>> you can swap your windows logo and alt keys. By default, fusion will >>>>> map your command key to the windows logo key, and your option key to >>>>> the windows alt key. This is not very intuitive for those of us who >>>>> are used to >>>> windows >>>>> and its keyboard layout, but it's easy to swap them. See below. In >>>>> this window, you will also be able to create your insert key inside >>>>> fusion, and >>>> if >>>>> you want, give yourself a numb lock toggle as well. >>>>> >>>>> If you look at this table, then many mac keys are mapped to some >>>>> windows counterparts. Personally, I don't think that is necessary at >>>>> all. For >>>> example, >>>>> in windows, you use control plus c to copy an item to the clipboard. >>>>> On >>>> the >>>>> mac, we're used to pressing command plus c to copy. In fusion, there >>>>> is a default key mapping that makes command c the equivalent of >>>>> control c. In other words, pressing control c or command c in windows >>>>> will do the same thing. This is non-standard windows tweaking I don't >>>>> like, so what I did >>>> to >>>>> begin with, is clear this entire list. To the right of this table, >>>>> you >>>> have 2 >>>>> unlabeled buttons. The left one is add, and the right one is delete >>>>> and >>>> entry >>>>> in this table. Just focus on the right button of the 2, and hit vo >>>>> space >>>> until >>>>> the list is empty. You will also delete the undesired alt and windows >>>>> logo key mappings this way. >>>>> >>>>> Now, you must create your own mappings, so that your mac command key >>>>> will become the alt key in windows, and so that your option key can >>>>> become your windows logo key inside windows. Here's how to do it. >>>>> >>>>> First, click add, to add a new mapping to the table. This is the left >>>> unlabeled >>>>> button, to the right of the table. A new window appears, that you >>>>> will >>>> later >>>>> close with an ok button to return here. >>>>> >>>>> In the new window, you see your mac modifier keys with checkboxes, >>>>> and a combo box for an additional key. For example, you will hear >>>>> shift >>>> unchecked >>>>> checkbox, and command, unchecked checkbox. In this case, where we >>>>> want to map our option key to the windows logo key, we don't need the >>>>> combo boxes in this dialog, so ignore them for now. Focus on the >>>>> from, and the >>>> to, >>>>> parts. >>>>> >>>>> We are mapping our option key to the windows logo key. In the from, >>>>> area, tick the checkbox for the option key. Leave the rest in the >>>>> from for what >>>> it >>>>> is. Next, find the text that says, to. Here, you will find checkboxes >>>>> for >>>> the >>>>> windows counterparts of the mac key you are mapping. Now take care. >>>>> One of those checkboxes will only say, checkbox, without a >>>>> description like >>>> alt, >>>>> or control. It is this unlabeled checkbox that we need to map our >>>>> option >>>> key >>>>> to. On the screen, this checkbox, in the to, field, is an icon with >>>>> the >>>> windows >>>>> logo key. So tick that box. Finally, proceed to the okay button and >>>>> press >>>> it. >>>>> You will return to the command comma, toolbar item keyboard and mouse >>>>> screen, where you pressed the unlabeled add button. your first key >>>>> mapping, is in place. Option is now windows logo as soon as the >>>>> virtual windows machine is active. >>>>> >>>>> Now, repeat the same procedure for your alt key. So, click add, then >>>>> in >>>> the >>>>> from, field, tick command, then in the to, field, click alt, and >>>>> press >>>> okay. >>>>> Now that you know how to remap keys, you can do the same thing for >>>>> your insert key. However, this is where it is a little tricky and you >>>>> will soon understand why. >>>>> >>>>> As above, again click the add button in this dialog. Reminder: we >>>>> came >>>> here >>>>> by starting fusion, then command comma, then keyboard and mouse from >>>>> the toolbar, then the first tab sheet named key mappings. >>>>> >>>>> After the remapper dialog with the from, and to, field, appears >>>>> again, do >>>> the >>>>> following to create your insert key. >>>>> >>>>> In the from, field, you need to choose which key on your keyboard is >>>>> going to loose its function for windows, and act as your new insert >>>>> key. Leave >>>> all >>>>> the checkboxes for the modifier keys like shift, option etc alone, >>>>> and >>>> focus >>>>> on the combo box with voiceover. Once focus is on this field, >>>>> assuming you have keyboard focus track your voiceover cursor, as is >>>>> the voiceover >>>> default, >>>>> then you can now input the key you wish. I use the accent key, just >>>>> below escape on the mac keyboard. Press it, or press your own choice, >>>>> and you >>>> will >>>>> hear it spoken by voiceover. >>>>> >>>>> Of course, because this is a combo box, it does have a few presets, >>>>> and >>>> you >>>>> can reach them with vo space. However, once you do this, you cannot >>>>> get out of the box anymore with vo right or anything, because that >>>>> keystroke too, will be interpreted as the key combination you are >>>>> going to map. So, my advice is not to go through the 13 presets of >>>>> this combo. Instead, >>>> never >>>>> open it and just type your desired insert key replacement, once the >>>>> voiceover cursor and keyboard focus is on the combo box in the from, >>>> field. >>>>> Don't open the combo, just type your key when the box is focused. >>>>> >>>>> Now, focus on the combo box of the to, field. This second combo box, >>>>> you do need to open with vo space, because you need to select the >>>>> item named insert. However, you should only walk to it with the >>>>> voiceover cursor, and you should not press vo space. This is the oddity >>> you need to be aware of. >>>>> This is because if you press vo space on the insert item in the combo >>>>> box, then vo space, as well as all subsequent keys, will be >>>>> interpreted as the >>>> key >>>>> you want to execute when you press accent, and you don't have a way >>>>> to close the combo box to get to the okay button. >>>>> >>>>> So, after walking to the insert item with voiceover, and the to, >>>>> combo box >>>> is >>>>> still open, you must command tab away from fusion, to have os10 focus >>>>> move out of the combo box. Depending on what you had open, you may >>>>> land in the finder. Command tabbing away from fusion is the only >>>>> keystroke I have found, to get you away from the combo box. Then, >>>>> simply command tab back into fusion, and you will find that the combo >>>>> box is now closed, >>>> and >>>>> it is set to insert. >>>>> >>>>> Now, all you do is go to ok and click it. You will be returned to the >>>>> key mapping dialog, where the list of keystrokes can be found. Now, >>>>> you should have 3 mappings. One for command to become alt, one for >>>>> option and windows logo, and a third for accent, that is now remapped >>>>> to insert >>>> inside >>>>> any fusion virtual machine. >>>>> >>>>> If you want to give yourself a num lock toggle, that can be achieved >>>>> the same way you created your insert key. Let's say you want to >>>>> toggled your num lock with control shift f12. So, first click add, >>>>> then in the from, >>>> field, >>>>> click, for example, the control and the shift box, go to the first >>>>> combo, >>>> select >>>>> f12, move to the second combo in the to, field, and select numlock >>>>> from there. Again, don't forget to open the box, walk to numlock, >>>>> command tab away and then back into fusion, and hit okay. >>>>> This is what you need to do in the first tab sheet of the fusion >>>>> keyboard >>>> and >>>>> mouse dialog, and as I said, it was quite a story. >>>>> >>>>> We're not done yet. In the second tab sheet, named mouse shortcuts, >>>>> you can tell fusion how you want to do a right click in windows. The >>>>> mac only >>>> has >>>>> a normal mouse click, and not a separate left and a right one, so by >>>> default, >>>>> holding the control key and then pressing the mouse pad, a control >>>>> click, will perform a right mouse click in windows, as if you pressed >>>>> the >>>> secondary >>>>> button. Nothing need to be changed here. Of course, you have your >>>>> windows shift f10 key combination as the keyboard equivalent of the >>>>> right mouse click. Furthermore, you can also create your own windows >>>>> applications key, normally near your arrows on a windows keyboard, >>>>> the same way you created your alt and windows keys above. >>>>> >>>>> The third tab sheet, named fusion shortcuts, can make life a lot >>>>> easier >>>> for >>>>> us, screenless folks. By default, if you're inside the virtual >>>>> machine and >>>> you >>>>> happen to hit f12, f11 or another magic mac key that does something >>>>> under os10, then even if you are inside the vm, you will fly out of >>>>> it, and land somewhere where you will need to turn on voiceover, >>>>> command tab back into fusion, minimize windows with command control >>>>> enter, move the voiceover cursor to where it says progress bar >>>>> because that's where windows shows up minimized, turn off voice over >>>>> with command f5, and finally enlarge windows back to normal with >>>>> command control enter, the same keystroke used to minimize windows. A >>>>> lot of work, and not funny if you discover that windows no longer >>>>> talks and you don't know which key you hit by accident. >>>>> >>>>> So, what you do is, turn the checkbox off here that says: enable mac >>>>> os keyboard shortcuts. Now, if you accidentally hit f12 or f11, it >>>>> won't mess >>>> up >>>>> things any longer. These keystrokes will instead be passed to >>>>> windows, and no longer to os10 disturbing your windows experience. >>>>> >>>>> In the fourth tab sheet of this dialog, named fusion shortcuts, you >>>>> can enable and disable a number of key combinations that you can >>>>> press when the virtual windows machine is running, that affect fusion >>>>> itself. You can mess with these because there is a friendly restore >>>>> to defaults button as well. You will find a table here that you can >>>>> interact with. On each line, >>>> a >>>>> key combination is listed, along with a checkbox to enable it. Here's >>>>> a >>>> few >>>>> explained. >>>>> >>>>> Full screen. You need this keystroke, to make windows full screen >>>>> when it >>>> is >>>>> minimized. It is the control command enter to minimize and maximize >>>>> windows, as already mentioned. Make sure you have this checked. >>>>> There are nine others, and some of them I have turned off, for >>>>> reasons explained below. >>>>> >>>>> Unity: this makes one space out of the windows desktop and the mac side. >>>>> So far, I have never used it in daily work, because I can't figure >>>>> out how >>>> it >>>>> works. If you play with it and find out some benefits, please let us >>> know. >>>> I >>>>> have this off, to avoid accidentally dropping into unity. >>>>> >>>>> Also off are cycle through windows, and cycle through windows reverse. >>>>> This is because we can easily do this with voiceover, and I don't >>>>> want to loose keystrokes that may otherwise be used for jaws or NVDA >>> commands. >>>>> Next is hide application. I have this off as well, because if you're >>>>> in >>>> the >>>>> middle of a windows program and you want help, it is likely that you >>>>> begin by pressing alt h to open the help menu. But watch out for this >>>>> one, >>>> because >>>>> if you don't turn off command h for the virtual machine, and remember >>>>> that alt and command are now the same key, then instead of opening >>>>> the help menu inside your windows program, you will instead hide >>>>> fusion completely, and be dropped into os10 where you don't have >>>>> speech for the moment unless you turn it on. I fell into this pit >>>>> some 5 times until I >>>> realized >>>>> what might be going on here. Turning this key combination off >>>>> resolved the issue. Now, pressing alt h will nicely open the help >>>>> menu in windows, and you will no longer be kicked out. >>>>> >>>>> Next, there is hide others. I have this off, because it does >>>>> something to >>>> os10 >>>>> where I have no speech as long as I'm inside windows, and you want to >>>>> let windows get your keystrokes as much as possible. >>>>> >>>>> The same goes for settings, the next key to turn off, which in fusion >>>>> is command e. I hear you thinking. Usually command comma is for settings. >>>>> Correct. However, command comma in fusion opens the general >>>>> preferences for all virtual machines and fusion, while command e, as >>>>> in echo, opens the settings for your specific virtual machine. How >>>>> many processor cores to allocate it, how much ram etc. So, if windows >>>>> wants you to press alt e, then you don't want to speechlessly land >>>>> into fusion >>>> settings. >>>>> Rather, you want the alt e command to run in windows. Turn this off. >>>>> >>>>> The last key to turn of is command q for quit. Again, we don't have >>>>> speech outside fusion so we can safely turn this off, so that command >>>>> q, or alt q >>>> for >>>>> windows, is available to windows and not to fusion or os10. >>>> >>>> Kliphton >>>> ~iMessage&Email~ [email protected] >>>> ~Twitter&Skype~ kliphton72 >>>> "Personal blog-read at your own risk!" >>>> http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher >>>> Hallsworth >>>> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 1:51 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion >>>> >>>> Well I can do it so yes it can be done. I remember I had to vo-space >>>> on the combo box so it becomes a list. You then use standard arrow >>>> keys to find the key you want then I think you have to press return. >>>> Pretty sure I wrote a guide on this over at www.applevis.com and maybe >>>> to this list but can't remember as of now. But I know it can be done >>> without apps like Sharp Keys. >>>> Christopher Hallsworth >>>> Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu >>>> >>>> On 17/08/2014 04:58, Bill Holton wrote: >>>>> Hi. >>>>> I am trying to remap the caps lock and insert keys without using >>>>> sharp >>>> keys. I can get to the fusion remapping section, I can interact with >>>> the combo box with the additional keys. But when I cursor down to caps >>>> lock, or the insert key, no matter how I try to activate it, I get a >>>> cap A. 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