Re: Keyboard problem Win8 ctrl caps lock etc SOLVED

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

I have used programmable keyboards, like Avant. But unless you are just
doing a couple of very simple key remaps (such as CapsLock becoming Ctrl),
AutoHotkey is several orders of magnitude better. www.authohotkey.com


AHK just saved me hours and hours of painfully tedious clerical input of
addresses and orders for my just-published book on epistemology. The Print
on Demand printer, LightningSource, requires inputting each address by hand
and then issuing each order from the address book by hand--I counted 16
mouse clicks required to place each order *after* the recipient's data has
been added to their address book! With XyWrite, I wrote a little program to
get the address fields on separate lines (from the Excel file I'm starting
with) then AHK reads each line and outputs it to the web page, using tabs.
Just FYI, here's the AHK script. The first line assigns the script to alt-d.


!d::
  index := index + 2
  FileReadLine, line, c:\db\hwk\orders.new, index
  send %line%
  send {tab}212-972-9495  <=== had to put my assistant's phone number
on each order

Return

I also reduced the 16 mouse clicks required to then place an order to three
keystrokes: alt-e, a manual one to select the right address from the
address book, and alt-f.


XyWriters should love gaining the ability to customize all programs, in
terms of keystrokes, as they do in XyWrite, and to have the equivalent of
XPL, only in simple English, for all programs. (And of course you can have
different assignments for the same key in different programs--e.g., I have
alt-d doing different things in Word, Notepad++, Excel, InDesign, etc.)



> In fact there may be several solutions. Keyboard reprogramming is a
> complex matter. However, there are plenty of capable programs out there.
> You could check some of the following:
> 1) http://www.klm32.com/KbdEdit.html - a relatively easy to use Keyboard
> Editor
>
> 2) http://atnsoft.com/keyremapper/ - a sophisticated Key Remapper
> 3) http://www.kbdedit.com/ - a professional Keyboard Layout Editor
> 4) or a reprogrammable (EEPROM-based) keyboard like the Avant
>
> I am running kbdedit (number 3) on top of a reprogrammed Avant. A
> reprogrammable keyboard has the advantage of being operating system
> independent.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxx
>
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>
> 7.2.2014 3:05, Bill Troop wrote:
> > The moral is things aren't always what they seem and yes, there is
> > usually a solution. Something was obviously very wrong. What it could be,
> > I have no idea, but I suspect it may have had something to do with the
> > touch pad and its driver. Who knows? It's gone!