Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-14 Thread Ken Norris
Hi Dan, Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:12:32 -0700 From: Dan Shafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Slide Show on OS X When we talk about how to use the keyboard in a dark room as a slide show system and/or how to script these suckers, these alternate uses, while correct in their detail

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-13 Thread Sarah Reichelt
I'm trying to use function keys for slide control and they do weird things like paste and clear stack properties. Does the IDE use function keys? Yes, on a Mac by default the F1 to F4 keys are reserved for various copy, paste, cut operations. I can never remember which is which, so I

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-13 Thread Dan Shafer
Worse yet, on Powerbooks, those keys don't do cut-copy-paste things but rather control the display and sound. DUmb. APple used to know how to do consistent interfaces. It was their big secret weapon. Now it's just a big secret. Or perhaps a weapon of mass delusion. Dan, who is tired from

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-13 Thread Richard Gaskin
Don't forget Mark Talluto's handy mmGen, now and open source project at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mmgen/ -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation __ Rev tools and more: http://www.fourthworld.com/rev

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-13 Thread John Vokey
Not true, it is just that they (keys F1 through F7) require that the fn key be simultaneously held down to be used as function keys. And, of course, under OS X they can be completely remapped to almost any function you might want (see keyboard shortcuts under Keyboard and Mouse in System

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-13 Thread Dan Shafer
When we talk about how to use the keyboard in a dark room as a slide show system and/or how to script these suckers, these alternate uses, while correct in their detail, are not very useful to the poor user trying to figure out how to make things work. No reflection on you. I appreciate

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-13 Thread Mark Talluto
On Jun 13, 2005, at 5:38 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Don't forget Mark Talluto's handy mmGen, now and open source project at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mmgen/ Thanks for mentioning that Richard. I have been thinking that I should change the license on that project so one can do

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-13 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Talluto wrote: On Jun 13, 2005, at 5:38 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Don't forget Mark Talluto's handy mmGen, now and open source project at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mmgen/ Thanks for mentioning that Richard. I have been thinking that I should change the license on that project

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-12 Thread Ken Ray
On 6/11/05 2:25 PM, Dar Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remember to put something like a contextual menu or a keydown handler to quit the stack, once I got myself locked in a stack with no decorations, sized to the screensize and it stayed on top too.. irgh. LOL! I'm going to put in a

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-12 Thread Andre Garzia
:( I was using Rev to do my presentation, but, everything exploded here... sunddenly Rev Console Engine refuses to work with databases then my carefully constructed presentation on sockets and cgi steroids is beggining to fail... I am working since 10 AM, now it's 10:37 PM. I did not slept

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-12 Thread Dar Scott
On Jun 12, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Ken Ray wrote: I'm using Rev also for presenting at RevCon... I've got it so that if you command-click on the left or right side of the stack, it navigates to the previous/next card with a visual effect: I'm trying to use function keys for slide control and

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-12 Thread Andre Garzia
On Jun 12, 2005, at 11:47 PM, Dar Scott wrote: I'm trying to use function keys for slide control and they do weird things like paste and clear stack properties. Does the IDE use function keys? Dar Dar, I think today is the evil speaker mayhem day... You're having trouble with functions

Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-11 Thread Dar Scott
I'm putting together a slide show that I want to have some smarts. I'm thinking of using a stack that can be run in Revolution or as a standalone. I'd like for this to run on OS X, but Windows will be a nice plus. Any advice or pointers? Can this even be done? I'm concerned about that menu

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-11 Thread Andre Garzia
On Jun 11, 2005, at 1:41 PM, Dar Scott wrote: I'm putting together a slide show that I want to have some smarts. I'm thinking of using a stack that can be run in Revolution or as a standalone. I'd like for this to run on OS X, but Windows will be a nice plus. Any advice or pointers? Can

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-11 Thread Dar Scott
On Jun 11, 2005, at 1:01 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: I trust this will be for your SSL track! :D What a good idea! :D And since the title has SSL in it, I should include something on that, too. setting the stack to the screenrect and hiding the menubar (and taskbar in windows). there's a

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-11 Thread Howard Bornstein
On 6/11/05, Dar Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: setting the stack to the screenrect and hiding the menubar (and taskbar in windows). there's a hide menubar that will hide that stuff. hide menubar That's what I could not remember. For these kinds of apps I put in a mousemove handler

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-11 Thread Andre Garzia
On Jun 11, 2005, at 7:25 PM, Howard Bornstein wrote: On 6/11/05, Dar Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: setting the stack to the screenrect and hiding the menubar (and taskbar in windows). there's a hide menubar that will hide that stuff. hide menubar That's what I could not remember. For

Re: Slide Show on OS X

2005-06-11 Thread Ken Norris
Hi Dar, Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:41:15 -0600 From: Dar Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Slide Show on OS X I'm putting together a slide show that I want to have some smarts. I'm thinking of using a stack that can be run in Revolution or as a standalone. I've always thought xTalk systems