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psion/series3 #3304, from jtd, 327 chars, Nov 26 10:32 92
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Keypad emulation
Is there any code/apps anywhere that does something like TOSHELL but 
emulates the keypads?  I would like to be able to press for example 
CTRL-W and get the word processor or even have programmable keys such 
as CTRL-J for a particular file in the word-processor.

Here's hoping....

                  -John-

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psion/series3 #3306, from dw2, 348 chars, Nov 26 19:23 92
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>Keypad emulation
If you look in the code in TOSHELL.OPL you'll see something like
    name$="sys$shll.*"
    pid%=call($0188,addr(name$)+1)
and if you look for "word.*" instead you'll be able to jump to any
running instance of the Word Processor (see the display in Spy for
the "process names" used by the various different apps).
Regards, DavidW

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psion/series3 #3311, from jtd, 837 chars, Nov 27 13:04 92
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Thanks for your reply David, I don't have the SDK unfortunately so 
there are one or two things I have to guess at. You wrote in your 
last mail;
pid%=call($0188,addr(name$)+1)
but according to the TOSHELL code they use an os() call which is not 
documented in the Programming Manual. I tried a few things last night 
on the RER (train) home, but I do not like changing things like this 
when I don't know what they are doing. I could find myself with a 
crashed S3!
Am I right in guessing that the 26 in the call 
"call($458d,26,$404,0,0,0)" is the charactor to trap?  I am used to 
C++ so #define or even better enum would have been more my style.
Could you or anyone else knock up a quick explanation of program I 
can then modify safely.

Many many thanks,

-John-

PS: Do Psion sell "I love my PSION" badges?  creep, creep... :-)



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psion/series3 #3316, from dw2, 1113 chars, Nov 27 21:01 92
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>Modifying TOSHELL.OPL (a few more hints)
Sorry, the TOSHELL.OPL on my hard disk was a bit different from the
one in the FLIST.  The lines
  ax%=$0100
  os($88,...)
are roughly equivalent to the CALL($0188,...) I mentioned.
Yes you're right that the 26 is the character keycode.  In $404, the
$4 in the top byte is the "mask" of modifiers you're interested in
(here, you're interested in the Control modifier), and the $04 in the 
bottom byte is the value you require for the modifiers you've
declared an interest in (ie either set - as here - or unset).  Thus
with a CX% parameter of $404, you definitely want to see the Control
modifier set, but you don't care about any other modifier either way.
And then 26 just happens to be the standard ASCI value for Control-Z. 
But watch out if you try to capture eg Control-I, since you'll
capture Control-Tab at the same time, and likewise Control-M is
indistinguishable from Control-Enter.
Finally, you shouldn't do your machine any damage with the os-calls
in TOSHELL (so long as you don't change their numbers, ie change them 
into other os-calls).
Regards, DavidW

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psion/series3 #3338, from jtd, 383 chars, Nov 30 13:52 92
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Thanks for the help David, I've now written just about what I wanted. 
Is it possible to get a "hot key" to always open one of my databases? 
 For example I would like to use CTRL-P (p for phone) for my 
"Friends" database whether it is open or not.
Another question while I've got your attention, is it possible to use 
the small font in the spreadsheet for any other apps?

-John-