Re: VB/Win8

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

For non-XyWrite programs, such as InDesign, I can't
recommend highly enough AutoHotkey. It's beauty is its non-GUI interface.
It let's you program directly. E.g., for your laptop use of numlock
keys:

^4::Send{Numpad4}

would make it send ctrl-4 to InDesign as a Numpad4.

And you can set it up to do that only with InDesign, thus

#IfWinActive InDesign
^4::Send{Numpad4}
#IfWinActive

The second #IfWinActive is used to end the section that is specific to
InDesign
Autohotkey uses ^ for control, ! for alt, and + for Shift.

Now I haven't tested the above specifically, so I may have some slight
syntax errors, but here is what I do use with InDesign:

^1::MsgBox in InDesign window
SetNumLockState, On
^f::Send ^f
!-::Send,{U+2009}{U+2014}{U+2009} ;{U+2009}{U+2009}{U+2009}{U+2009}
^o::Send {Esc}wt
^5::Send ^{NumPad8}
^Enter::Send +{Enter}
!Enter::Send {Backspace}{Enter} ;
+!Enter::Send {Backspace}{Enter}^{NumPad7}
^i::Send ^{NumPad4}
!a::Send {Backspace}{Backspace}{Enter}{Backspace}
!g::Send ^j
^+g::Send ^j
^p::Send ^~

NumPad5::Send ^~
^l::Send
!^f                  
; IN DESIGN
!o::Send ^o
!h::Send ^!{NumPad0}
!s::
  Send {Backspace}{Enter}
  Sleep 200
  Send ^6
^+f::Send !to
Home::send ^+{PgUp}
End::Send ^+{PgDn}

Free at:
http://www.autohotkey.com/
> Jon's message reminded me to
> mention something I have found.
>
> One huge problem with many new laptops is that in addition to not having
> numlock keys (and therefore no internal keypad; making shortcuts
> impossible, for example, in InDesign), many do not have page down/end,
> etc. They only have 4 arrow keys and FN-arrow key gives you pg-dn, etc.
> BUT, Fn+CTRL+arrow doesn't work.
>
> That means remapping in XyWrite. I write this to note that whilst mapping
> TP (top of file) and BF (bottom of file) to Ctrl-Up Arrow and Ctrl-Down
> Arrow, I noticed that I was getting some garbage characters in
> Xy/VBox/Win8.1/XP.
>
> The simple cure is to insert NI, before TF in the keyboard file.
>
> It is amazing how limitless are XyWrite's talents!
>
> I imagine there must be some keyboard remapping utilities that would be a
> help with these really annoying (often high end!) laptops that don't, for
> reasons of style (I presume) any longer have anything to do with numeric
> keypad assignments or even the basic complement of cursor keys we have
> every right to expect. Harrumph!