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From: np@doc.ic.ac.uk (Nigel Perry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: HyperTalk Questions + Laserwriter Question
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Date: 12 Jan 88 15:57:01 GMT
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Could somebody please help me with the following problems/questions?

HyperTalk
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1) Is there a "proper" way to catch keystrokes? There doesn't seem
   to be a message for them - HyperCard always seems to grab them and
   use them in the message box or a field. I have got around the problem
   by installing an "idle" handler which grabs characters from the
   message box and sends them as keyDown messages - but it is slow and
   typing too fast loses characters...
   (If you wondering... my current application is a "Speak & Spell" card
   as part of a MacinTalk interface stack. I would also like to have "menus"
   were you can select by pressing a key instead of a button.)

2) Is there a way to change AND keep changed the cursor while in Browse
   mode? E.g. I would like the cursor to change when over a button/field,
   catching mouseEnter/mouseExit and using "set cursor" doesn't work as
   once the handler has completed the Browse cursor is restored. Any ideas?

Laserwriter
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   Can somebody send me, or tell me where to find, the format of a
   FONT/FOND and Laserwriter font file for a downloadable font.
   In other words I have a screen bitmap font & a postscript font
   description for it, all I need is how to package them up so that
   the Laserwriter driver will download and use the postscript.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Nigel Perry                                  Department of Computing
                                             Imperial College
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