Toys for the Boys (and Girls)

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Some of my toys (which, admittedly, I NEVER use for games).

With LiveCode and OXT on MacOS and Linux rawKey codes come "straight down the line" without the need of drivers, and I would suppose it is the same with Windows.

As far as I understand most of the 'drivers' for these things (which seem, largely, to be Windows-only) are NOT drivers per se, but GUIs for setting up Macros.

[richmond62]

You can use this:
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To map buttons, levers, whatever on a device.

[richmond62]

Oddly enough
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having stated the above, the 2 devices on the left are NOT sending detectable key signals via MacOS 15.2.

[richmond62]

You can, of course, make slightly childish stacks like this:
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The cardScript goes like this:

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on rawKeyDown KD
   switch KD
      case 65289
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B1" to orange
         break
      case 113
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B2" to orange
         break
      case 119
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B3" to orange
         break
      case 101
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B4" to orange
         break
      case 114
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B5" to orange
         break
      case 119
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B3" to orange
         break
      case 101
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B4" to orange
         break
      case 114
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B5" to orange
         break
         ----
      case 97
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B7" to orange
         break
      case 115
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B8" to orange
         break
      case 100
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B9" to orange
         break
      case 102
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B10" to orange
         break
         ----
      case 122
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B12" to orange
         break
      case 120
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B13" to orange
         break
      case 99
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B14" to orange
         break
   end switch
end rawKeyDown

on rawKeyUp RU
   switch RU
      case 65289
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B1" to blue
         break
      case 113
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B2" to blue
         break
      case 114
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B5" to blue
         break
      case 119
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B3" to blue
         break
      case 101
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B4" to blue
         break
      case 114
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B5" to blue
         break
         ----
      case 97
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B7" to blue
         break
      case 115
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B8" to blue
         break
      case 100
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B9" to blue
         break
      case 102
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B10" to blue
         break
         ----
      case 122
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B12" to blue
         break
      case 120
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B13" to blue
         break
      case 99
         set the backGroundColor of grc "B14" to blue
         break
   end switch
end rawKeyUp

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