rawkeydown

[FMoyer at aol.com]

I have created a stack that allows you to type with one hand. It uses a 
technique called "chording" where you press several keys down at the same time. It 
has worked fine for me until I got the latest Powerbook. Now suddenly, the 
computer gets all fouled up when I type certain key combinations. I wish I could 
figure it out.

My stack takes advantage of "rawkeydown". You can see it in action if you 
make a stack, put a field into it, and then set the stack script to:

on rawkeydown
   put the keysdown into fld 1
end rawkeydown

Now, type a bunch of keys all at the same time. Their keycodes will be 
displayed in the field.
 
The hand position that I need to be in has me typing the following keys: F10, 
9, i, k, Enter. On a Powerbook that feels comfortable to me. With the new 
Powerbook, the F10 and Enter keys are messing up, but in interesting ways. 

Here are the key combinations (chords) that work
     F10, Enter
     F10, Enter,9

These chords don't work:
     F10, Enter, i
     F10, Enter, k
     F10, Enter, k, 9
     F10, Enter, i, 9
     F10, Enter, k, 9, i

When I type them, sometimes I get no keycodes; other times some of the 
keycodes are missing.

Is there any alternative to rawkeydown? Incidentally, I've tried putting the 
following into the script:
On enterkey
     beep
end enterkey
on functionkey
     beep
end functionkey

But again, when those other above keys are pressed simultaneously, there is 
no beep.


Any ideas?

Thanks
Fred Moyer