my keyUp message has disappeared

[Craig Newman]

I neglected to write the modified “keyUp” handler I am now using when I posted. it should read:

> on keyUp x
>   answer x & random(99)
> end keyUp

in order to get that “x56” I mentioned.

Craig


> On Jun 21, 2022, at 2:16 PM, Craig Newman via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> This is summarized from a couple of threads in the forum:
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
> The "keyUp"message has disappeared.
> 
> This happened to me once before, several weeks ago, and trashing the prefs file fixed it. But now even that does not cut it. 
> 
> So a new stack in a new session has this in its card script:
> 
> on keyUp x
>   answer x
> end keyUp
> 
> Nothing. The message does not appear in the message watcher, though all its siblings, "keyDown", rawKeyDown" and "rawKeyUp”, all do.
> 
> —————————————
> 
> Just trashed the prefs file, which worked last time.    Nope
> Just tried with another version of LC (9.6.6).      Nope
> Just restarted.      Nope.
> 
> I have never seen anything quite like this, the complete loss of a message.
> 
> I went back to v8.1 and tried the same handler in the card script. Worked! Then tried 8.6. Did not work. Went BACK to 8.1. No longer worked.
> 
> Something in my setup is doing this. I am not sure it is LC per se, though I cannot imagine what that could mean.
> 
> ———————————
> 
> This works from msg:
> 
> send "keyUp" && "x" to this cd
> 
> I can set a breakpoint and trap the message, or not. I get something like "x56”.
> 
> ——————————————————————————
> 
> Bernd mentioned that he noticed this issue if his message box was visible. He thought maybe that stack somehow grabbed focus. I mention this only because something is surely going on somewhere.
> 
> Craig
> 
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