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From: mnkonar@manyjars.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Murat N. Konar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Programming menus
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Date: 20 Jun 89 21:52:43 GMT
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In article <3322@cps3xx.UUCP> rang@cpswh.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang) writes:
<In article <23163@srcsip.UUCP< mnkonar@manyjars.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Murat N. Konar) writes:
<
<   In article <2005@husc6.harvard.edu< siegel@endor.UUCP (Rich Siegel) writes:
<   [in reference to a previous posting suggesting that the keyboard input
<    mechanism handle MenuKey equivalents]
<   <	It's conceivable that you may not want Command-key keystrokes to be
<   <equivalenced to menu commands, but instead stand for something else.
<
<   Implementing the keyboard input mechanism as suggested (so that a menu key
<   equivalent causes a mouse down in menu bar/menu select returns appropriate
<   values) wouldn't prevent using command keys as you suggest.  The menu data
<   structures could be searched when a command key press is detected by the 
<   system.  If the key is found in a menu, treat it as a menu key equivalent,
<   otherwise report the key down event to the application (or DA or whatever).
<
<No, still wouldn't work.  Suppose I have SuitCase II open.  I hit
<command-O (or whatever, I think that's one of the command-key

If a list were maintained that contained the command key equivalents
for a window or dialog, the solution is to search the front window or 
dialog command key equivalent list THEN the menu data structures.



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