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Posted by Saerataga (24 posts) Bio

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Sun 21 May 2023 07:35 PM (UTC)

Amended on Fri 26 May 2023 04:32 AM (UTC) by Nick Gammon

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Good Morning,

How do I test if my keyboard is not locked up by windows for using accelerators?

I get no error or success message so no idea if it's my code or if it's my keyboard.


<plugin
   name="Accelerators"
   author="Saerataga"
   id="aaba23f14107f7cccbc97380"
   language="Lua"
   purpose="Allow short hand typing"
   date_written="2023-05-21 16:08:32"
   requires="5.06"
   version="1.0"
   >
   

  Accelerator ("F11", "volume_down")
  Accelerator ("F12", "volume_up")
  Accelerator ("F1", "flee")
  Accelerator ("F4", "recall")


  -- convert string back into Lua table
  assert (loadstring (GetVariable ("accelerators") or "")) ()

  -- if found, process it
  if accelerators then

    for k, v in ipairs (accelerators) do
       local key, action = string.match (v, "^(%S+) = (.*)$")
       if key then
         Accelerator (key, action)
       end -- if matched
    end -- for

  end -- if



</plugin>

[EDIT] Code tags added.

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Posted by

Fiendish USA (2,533 posts) Bio Global Moderator

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Reply #1 on Mon 22 May 2023 05:54 PM (UTC)

Amended on Mon 22 May 2023 05:56 PM (UTC) by Fiendish

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There's a setting in global preferences that must be activated to use F1 (and F6).

As for checking whether Windows is stealing your keystrokes, it's hard to universalize across different programs but there are websites and also downloadable tools you can use to see whether they recognize hitting different keystrokes. One I've used is https://www.keyboardtester.com/

https://github.com/fiendish/aardwolfclientpackage

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Saerataga (24 posts) Bio

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Reply #2 on Mon 22 May 2023 10:05 PM (UTC)

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The keyboard link tells me that my Function keys have to use Func button in addition to F11 or whatever.

However, Accelerators still not working when I use the func button and F11.

Maybe something is wrong with where I put the accelerator declarations?

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Posted by

Fiendish USA (2,533 posts) Bio Global Moderator

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Reply #3 on Tue 23 May 2023 01:44 AM (UTC)

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Quote:
Maybe something is wrong with where I put the accelerator declarations?

They look fine to me. Do you have a volume_down alias defined?

https://github.com/fiendish/aardwolfclientpackage

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Posted by Nick Gammon Australia (23,070 posts) Bio Forum Administrator

Date Reply #4 on Fri 26 May 2023 04:38 AM (UTC)

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Saerataga said:

The keyboard link tells me that my Function keys have to use Func button in addition to F11 or whatever.

However, Accelerators still not working when I use the func button and F11.

How are you using the Func button? According to the documentation for Accelerator function at http://www.gammon.com.au/scripts/doc.php?function=Accelerator that keystroke is not supported.

For example:

Accelerator ("func+F11", "volume_down")

would not work because Func is not supported.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

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Posted by Nick Gammon Australia (23,070 posts) Bio Forum Administrator

Date Reply #5 on Fri 26 May 2023 04:41 AM (UTC)

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Saerataga said:

I get no error or success message so no idea if it's my code or if it's my keyboard.

You can put "check" around (some) function calls, like this:


check (Accelerator ("func+F11", "volume_down"))

That raises an error if the function (ie. Accelerator) does not return eOK as documented.

This "check" function call is not supported for all functions, but if the function documentation says it returns eOK on success, then it is supported.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

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Posted by

Fiendish USA (2,533 posts) Bio Global Moderator

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Reply #6 on Fri 26 May 2023 05:28 AM (UTC)

Amended on Fri 26 May 2023 02:57 PM (UTC) by Fiendish

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The func button keypress is almost always an in-keyboard differentiator between the F value and whatever media function is the button's primary mode. I don't believe that the operating system treats it as its own key like it does with e.g. Shift or Ctrl. Why that is I'm not sure, but it's probably historical. But anyway MUSHclient shouldn't need to worry about it.

I similarly have an "fn" key on my keyboard that I need to press in conjunction with my F-keys because they're otherwise used to control things like screen brightness and volume. MUSHclient doesn't care about it. I press fn+F1 and MUSHclient activates the F1 macro.

https://github.com/fiendish/aardwolfclientpackage

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Saerataga (24 posts) Bio

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Reply #7 on Fri 26 May 2023 03:47 PM (UTC)

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Thanks guys, I will try adding it and get someone who has a computer that isn't func key to test.

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