Re: Patching the menu manager

[vandry@CAM.ORG (Phillip Vandry)]

David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

>Nope, they both work at the same time.  I've written an event manager
>custom pointing device driver for an EdMark TouchWindow, and I can
>either touch the touchwindow to move the cursor to a particular point,
>or use the mouse as normal.

Hmm. I need to actually disable the mouse or else... chaos.

So how can that be done? (Or better yet, how about figuring out where standard
menu DefProcs are in memory, which is still, IMHO, the best solution)

>> Finally, assuming I get this thing working, what do you think would
>> be the best way to handle conflicts (eg OA-S for Save and OA-S to
>> open "Special" menu). Use the option key instead? Control?

>Don't fiddle with the Open-apple key.  The option key isn't a good
>idea either - it is normally used for special characters.  Nor can you
>use both of them at once.  Some programs (notably HyperCard IIgs) use
>Apple-Option combinations for several operations.

>I really can't see any unique key combination that won't interfere with
>something.
>-- 

Well than it's got to be something -almost- safe. I like Ctrl-Shift. The keys
are large and adjacent, letting you punch them both at the same time with a
natural maneuver of the hands :)

>David Empson
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