Re: the siglum key ???

2010-10-30 Thread Richmond
On 10/30/2010 04:42 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: This might be useful, or discouraging. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2841 Obviously designed for chaps with better eyesight than mine. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: the siglum key ???

2010-10-30 Thread Mike Bonner
This might be useful, or discouraging. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2841 ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/m

Re: the siglum key ???

2010-10-30 Thread Björnke von Gierke
On 30 Oct 2010, at 09:34, Richmond wrote: > Err . . . anybody know a way, within LiveCode/RunRev to detect an end-user's > physical keyboard? I am someone who uses and analyses a lot of games, where keyboard features are often mapped to position instead of char-output. Basically the answer t

Re: the siglum key ???

2010-10-30 Thread Jacques Hausser
Le 30 oct. 2010 à 13:28, Jacques Hausser a écrit : > delete char (offset("—",-1)) of tKeyboard sorry, it should be: delete char (offset("—",tKeyboard)) to -1 of tKeyboard J. ** Prof. Jacques Hausser Department of Ecology and Evolution Biophore / Sorge U

Re: the siglum key ???

2010-10-30 Thread Jacques Hausser
Le 30 oct. 2010 à 09:34, Richmond a écrit : > Ugh; Apple, not content with hiding the # key from people on the East side of > the Atlantic > have also been playing "silly buggers" with the physical layout of keyboards: > > For instance: > > My non-American (this includes my English & Arabic Ma

Re: the siglum key ???

2010-10-30 Thread Richmond
Ugh; Apple, not content with hiding the # key from people on the East side of the Atlantic have also been playing "silly buggers" with the physical layout of keyboards: For instance: My non-American (this includes my English & Arabic Mac keyboard) keyboards have a siglum key in the top-left c

Re: The siglum key explained.

2010-10-29 Thread Peter Brigham MD
See Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#QWERTY The siglum at topleft seems to be found in Scandinavian countries and in Holland, at least in the QWERTY layout. The british version at least in this article, doesn't have any siglum key at all (must be an alt/option-key co

Re: The siglum key explained.

2010-10-29 Thread Jim Sims
On Oct 29, 2010, at 6:31 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > I've never seen it that way. All my Mac keyboards have a tilde in that > position. International differences, maybe? Yup, my UK English has the siglum and a plus/minus in the upper left corner. There are UK, American, Universal (I think th

Re: The siglum key explained.

2010-10-29 Thread Richmond
On 10/29/2010 07:31 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 10/29/10 10:59 AM, Richmond wrote: Very funny; all the Mac keyboards I have have the siglum key in the top-left corner. I've never seen it that way. All my Mac keyboards have a tilde in that position. International differences,

Re: The siglum key explained.

2010-10-29 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/29/10 10:59 AM, Richmond wrote: Very funny; all the Mac keyboards I have have the siglum key in the top-left corner. I've never seen it that way. All my Mac keyboards have a tilde in that position. International differences, maybe? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay |

Re: The siglum key explained.

2010-10-29 Thread DunbarX
Hmmm. Must be a European thing? Craig In a message dated 10/29/10 11:59:15 AM, richmondmathew...@gmail.com writes: > Very funny; all the Mac keyboards I have have the siglum key in the > top-left corner. > ___ use-revolution mailing

Re: The siglum key explained.

2010-10-29 Thread Richmond
much do you want for that keyboard? Craig ___ Very funny; all the Mac keyboards I have have the siglum key in the top-left corner. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: The siglum key explained.

2010-10-29 Thread DunbarX
Richmond. On Mac keyboards? I have a tilde and a sort of mini backSlash (ASCII 57) Like everyone else. But I see what you meant, your odd char is used to reference or annotate secondary sources in a text. It is a sigla, part of a siglum. How much do you want for that keyboard? Craig _

The siglum key explained.

2010-10-28 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 10/28/10 11:21 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: Richmond. And what is the story with "siglum? Well; on Mac keyboards the top-left key has a siglum: § on it, rather than a `; that key usually being to the left of the Z key. Whether § should be classified seriously as one of the sigla is a bit

Re: the siglum key ???

2010-10-28 Thread DunbarX
Richmond. In a blank card script (so no other offending traps) I have: on rawkeydown var if var = 96 then put "tilde" else if var = 113 then put "Q" pass rawKeyDown end rawkeydown Works fine. Can you say what is different, in concept to how you are doing it? Or could there be somethin

Re: the siglum key ???

2010-10-28 Thread Mike Bonner
gt;>> If I have a button that contains something like this: >>> >>> on mouseUp >>> put "silly phrase" into fld "XXX" >>> end mouseUp >>> >>> it works . . . >>> >>> Now if I set up a card script so that w

Re: the siglum key ???

2010-10-28 Thread Richmond
Now if I set up a card script so that when I hit the 'Q' key on my keyboard a "mouseUp" is sent to my button, it works. HOWEVER If I set up a card script so that when I hit the SIGLUM key [Top-Left; next to '1'] a "mouseUp" is sent to my button, I get

Re: the siglum key ???

2010-10-28 Thread Mike Bonner
uot;XXX" > end mouseUp > > it works . . . > > Now if I set up a card script so that when I hit the 'Q' key on my keyboard > a "mouseUp" is sent to my button, it works. > > HOWEVER > > If I set up a card script so that when I hit the SIGLUM key

the siglum key ???

2010-10-28 Thread Richmond
keyboard a "mouseUp" is sent to my button, it works. HOWEVER If I set up a card script so that when I hit the SIGLUM key [Top-Left; next to '1'] a "mouseUp" is sent to my button, I get a SIGLUM in my field, not "silly phrase". This is a bl