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BACKGROUND: I am controlling a quite intense PD patch with the keyboard. Unfortunately all my keystrokes are also getting "read" when I'm in editmode, causing quite a chaos (unless i deactivate the [key] object. Would be great to be able to automate this.
I have used capital letters for controlling the patch with Caps-Lock on, which I then deactivate when editing. This reduces the chaos a bit.
I remember another solution with two computer keyboards, where only one of them was controllung the patch via one of the [hid] objects and the other was used for editing.
Or use a single global [spigot] for deactivating messages from [key] is another option, as you describe.
hmmm...
best, Peter