On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Andrew Turley <aturley@acm.org> wrote:
I don't know exactly what you're trying to do, but it might just be
easier to use [key], [keyup] and [keyname].

Well, it was actually more of a learning experiment in trying to deal with [hid] objects. Eventually, I would like to get some sort of dedicated controller (possibly some game controller, or maybe a built one using arduino)...

I did test your suggestion, and a couple of things came up that I noticed that would make using either [key] (and related) or [hid] differently.

1. [key] does not output anything unless the patch containing it is the front window.
2. [key] outputs any 'key-repeats' that the system generates, while [hid] does not.


I did notice one thing that is kind of weird in using [hid]... when I opened up the keyboard (device 0) and started it polling, any output from the keyboard is normal... I then turn off the polling, and type some more stuff... I then turn the polling back on, and everything that I typed while it was off gets output from [hid]...

Strange.
 
But if you do want to use [hid], once you have the device open you
have to send a [1( to start polling. You might want to just hook a
[print] object to the output to see what kind of info is coming out,
and then [route] the messages accordingly.

Yup, got this to work, and am looking forward to testing it out on my laptop at home tonight...

Mike

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