Re: SwitchHitter

[taob@r-node.hub.org (Brian Tao)]

In article <1993Mar23.023722.4655@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, Jason Simmons writes...
> 
> In article <1993Mar22.080517.17499@r-node.hub.org> taob@r-node.hub.org writes:
> 
> > Now all we need is a decent keyboard/mouse macro NDA or CDev to tie
> > everything together!  How about that for your next project?  ;-)
> 
> Not a bad idea - I'll think about it after my current project (a three-
> dimensional Tetris-type game, BTW) is completed.  What features would you
> want to see in such a utility?

    To begin with, a simple programming language that would look
something like this:

 click 145 150          <- click at 145,150 (global)

 click @40 @20          <- click at 40,20 relative to window origin

 moveto 120 100         <- move to absolute coordinates
 btndown                <- hold down mouse button
 moveto +50 +50         <- relative coordinates
 btnup                  <- release mouse button

 drag 120 100 +50 +50   <- same as above four lines
 drag 120 100 170 150   <- same thing again
 drag 10 10 50 50 A     <- drag with the Apple key down

 push Cancel            <- click the "Cancel" button in a dialog

 domenu File:Open...    <- select the Open... menu item
 domenu @:File Manager  <- open this NDA
 domenu @:\003          <- pick the third menu item in the Apple menu
 domenu Windows:\-002   <- pick the 2nd last item in the Windows menu
 domenu #14             <- pick menu item with ID = 14

    Then you can write script files and bind them to certain keys and
have them execute when pressed.  Heck, bind them to mouse actions so
that Apple-Control clicking will pop up the Control Panel, etc.  Of
course, you need keyboard control too, like all other macro packages. 

    It will probably end up a lot like HyperTalk, so take a look at HCGS
if you haven't already.  A HyperTalk-like language would be very easy to
script, but still provides moderately advanced features such as variable
declarations, loops, conditionals, branching, etc.

    Anyway, I'll have *lots* of ideas when you get started (trust me). 
Naturally, I will be more than happy to beta-test.  ;-)
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