Re: EventHandler vs ControllerState
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- Subject: [mg113453] Re: EventHandler vs ControllerState
- From: Nicholas Goble <ngoble at iwu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:28:48 -0400 (EDT)
ControllerState definitely accepts keyboard input. I'm on a macbook pro and use the line: ControlerState["Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad","KeyboardA Button"] Nicholas Goble > On 10/27/10 4:16 AM, "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries at gmail.com> wrote: > >> As far as I know ControllerState does not use a keyboard as >> controller. You could use a virtual joystick to trick Windows (and >> Mathematica) to think the keyboard is a joystick which can be seen >> with ControllerState. ppjoy can do this (http://ppjoy.blogspot.com/ >> 2009/11/finally-new-version.html), another one that I haven't tried >> can be found at >> <http://headsoft.com.au/index.php?category=vjoy> >> >> Cheers -- Sjoerd >> >> On Oct 26, 11:34 am, Nicholas Goble <ngo... at iwu.edu> wrote: >>> This is my first post to the listserve. I'm an fourth-year undergrad >>> physics major who's done a bit of research using Mathematica. Now I'm trying >>> out my own pet projects and need a bit of help. >>> >>> I'm trying to use my keyboard as a controller. I'm wondering what the >>> difference is between using EventHandler and ControllerState. That is, what >>> are the pros and cons to using EventHandler as opposed to ControllerState to >>> detect a keystroke? >>> >>> Nicholas Goble >> >> >>