Re: Can keyboard assignment use Windows key?

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Martin:


I second David's recommendation of Autohotkey. (I think you can do what
you want directly in XyWrite, but in autohotkey, but we need someone more
knowledgeable than I to explain how.) But this is the Autohotkey code
that would have Windows+x put out "Hello, world."


#x::send Hello, world


Pretty simple, eh? Or, for alt-win-x to launch Notepad:


!#x::run Notepad.exe


Get it, gratis, at:

http://www.autohotkey.com/


Great program, simple, robust, clean.


--Harry


You can use Windows+
in autohotkey to do anything you'd like.  Autohotkey can be active
in XyW III+, so I assume in less antiquated versions.  So I assume
you can get the Windows key as an additional shift key that
way.


And autohotkey is in any case terrific and works well with XyW.


----- Original Message -----

From: "Martin J. Osborne"


Date: Friday, January 7, 2011 12:03 pm

Subject: Can keyboard assignment use Windows key?


> Can key combinations involving the Windows key (located between Ctrl


> and

> Alt on my keyboard) be (re)assigned in a kbd file?  I'm
thinking of

> using Windows+ for some operations.

>

> It seems that one would need to know the key code for the Windows
key;

> a

> bit of googling hasn't led me to it.  I see how va $kc gets a
key code

>

> for active keys, but I can't see how to do so for keys like Shift,


> Ctrl,

> and Windows.

>

> Anyone have any info?

>

> Thanks!

>

> --

> Martin J. Osborne

>
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>

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>

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Harry Binswanger
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