Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ndsuvax!nopuklic
From: nopuklic@ndsuvax.UUCP (Blayne Puklich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: LSC & hierarchical menus
Message-ID: <1091@ndsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 5 Aug 88 16:50:45 GMT
References: <730052@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <730055@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Reply-To: nopuklic@ndsuvax.UUCP (Blayne Puklich)
Organization: North Dakota State University  Fargo, ND
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In article <730055@hpcilzb.HP.COM> tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson) writes:
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>>Does anyone know how to enter the wierd hex value 0x1B in the
>>"mark char" field of a MENU resource in ResEdit?
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>I just realized that 0x1B is <escape>, so now I am even more puzzled.
>How do you type <escape> into ResEdit?
>
>Any clues (expecially examples!) are very much appreciated!
>
>-Ted

     You may want to re-read IM V-236.  Don't put the $1B in the mark
char field, put it in the keyboard equivalent field.  The resource ID
of the hMenu goes in the mark char field.  It's very easy to type in an
escape.  Just type one, and the "missing symbol" will be displayed.
However, I can see you would have a slight problem if you didn't have an
ADB keyboard (such as one from a Mac other than an SE or II).
     I've thought about this before when I started working with hMenus,
and I think I might have a solution for you if you're using a non-ADB
keyboard.  This may be a really hard way to do it, but it's all I can
think of.
     What you could do is go into ResEdit itself and alter the editing
template for the resource type MENU.  This is very easy to do, and I'll
explain it as best I can.
     The first thing to do is BACK UP RESEDIT so you have a copy you
can work with.  Open up one of your copies of ResEdit, and open up the
copy of ResEdit you wish to use for this.  You can run and open the
same copy of ResEdit.
     Next, open up the templates (type TMPL).  Find the MENU template
and open it up.  What you'll be staring at is the editing template
for MENUs.  Go down to the "key equiv" title, and change its type from
CHAR to HBYT.  HBYT stands for Hex BYTe (pretty obvious).  This will
allow you to type in $1B for your escape character.
     While you're at it and still have the MENU template open, you
might want to change the "mark char" from CHAR to DBYT so that you can
put your hierarchical menu's resource ID into that spot as you build
the parent menu's resource.  DBYT stands for Decimal BYTe.
     Now you can save and close your copy of ResEdit that you changed.
The next time you use ResEdit and open up a resource of type MENU,
the two pieces-parts you changed in the editing template will be
displayed as a hex byte and a decimal number, respectively.  This might
make life easier when you're working with hMenus.
     I hope this will help you.  I welcome an easier or better way to
do this, since I have a tendency to develop solutions to my problems
that are the hardest way to do things.  But that's what I get for
being a programmer...

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