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Is there a FKey that will launch an app? Hard to Google for...
- Thread starter K Trueno
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Command-F shortcut doesn't work? I'm wondering if Apple ever supported Function Keys in OS of yore, do they do so in X?
That's a Finder shortcut, not a global shortcut. FKeys, on the other hand, are processed by the Event Manager.
Inside Macintosh volume V covers the Apple Extended Keyboard and shows how to program the function keys for use in an application.
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OK, makes sense. I don't remember the last time I searched a file in any OS pre OS9? What's the difference between the methods and their uses? QuickKeys(?) was bundled with my MAC-101 to enable function key macros. Always thought of the Apple extended as a wast of space in terms of the Function Keys and seeming lack of support for them in the OS.
Wow thanks! Sometimes these words are hard to search for, glad to have this collective resource (forum) around!
As I was trying to install this I realized FKEYRunApp can make Application (and document) shortcuts! So thats what I did for Find File.
More background: I've now been able to map CMD-SPACE for "Find File" globally, along with CMD-` for swapping windows, CMD-Tab for switching apps (LiteSwitch), so that when I jump from OSX to System 7 I'm not as lost
Thanks again!
As I was trying to install this I realized FKEYRunApp can make Application (and document) shortcuts! So thats what I did for Find File.
More background: I've now been able to map CMD-SPACE for "Find File" globally, along with CMD-` for swapping windows, CMD-Tab for switching apps (LiteSwitch), so that when I jump from OSX to System 7 I'm not as lost
Thanks again!
Don't forget Cmd-Delete... I miss that one quite a bit. I'll definitely give that Launcher app a go!
I hadn't realized you are the one behind macgui.com! Big fan, read through all your posts
Ah right! 7.5.5 has that (using Finder Options).. I am missing it on the 7.1 machines. Were you able to get Cmd-Delete working some how?
@jimjimx
FunKeys is on the Mac GUI but doesn't it work with function keys only? That's what I understand from the description...
https://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=1494&keywords=funkeys
https://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=23083&keywords=funkeys
FunKeys is on the Mac GUI but doesn't it work with function keys only? That's what I understand from the description...
https://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=1494&keywords=funkeys
https://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=23083&keywords=funkeys
@BadGoldEagle
isn’t that what the OP wanted?
...Or did he / you want to re assign the command keys?
And, I still use cmd + delete, as well as cmd + shift + delete, all the time.
isn’t that what the OP wanted?
...Or did he / you want to re assign the command keys?
And, I still use cmd + delete, as well as cmd + shift + delete, all the time.
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I think the OP only wanted to use the function keys. I’d like to map Cmd-delete to « move to the bin ». I’m running 7.5.1 so this wasn’t part of the OS yet. Can Funkeys do that?
@BadGoldEagle Oh I don't think so? I haven't seen a FunKey that can send keystrokes which would work. For 7.5.5, I use "Finder Options" http://www.club.cc.cmu.edu/~rbraun/mac.html to enable Command-Delete, that's why I was looking for something for 7.1
@jimjimx I wanted to assign Cmd-Space to Find File. So, I use KeySwapper to map Cmd-Space to F13, then F13 to launch Find Files
@jimjimx I wanted to assign Cmd-Space to Find File. So, I use KeySwapper to map Cmd-Space to F13, then F13 to launch Find Files
