2 Stroke bindkey or state machine bindkey application

Hi Bharath,

Given that this is not a standard feature of the tools, it can only have been available by implementing it in SKILL. There's no reason why you couldn't use the same SKILL in IC61X.

I posted an example of how to implement this a while back - see this post.

Kind Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew,

I expected your reply.Few things,

1. I don't have the code used previously.

2. I saw your post, before posting this and had few questions.

Your script:

1. I have loaded your script. Initially I saved it in the form of name.il and it did not work due to defun conflicts. Later I read your post carefully and found that I have to save the file with *.ils extention. what is the difference?

2. I have tried an example of F.I.T and nothing happened. I typed f,i,t and there is no reaction from layout viewer. Below is the bindkey I tried.

 abSeqBindKey->set("Layout" "fit" "hiZoomAbsoluteScale(hiGetCurrentWindow() 0.9)")

3. I did not get any error while loading or using, just that there is no response to the commands. Can you provide me some examples to verify?

4. You were talking about complex state machines in that post. Did you by any chance try that?  

Thanks for your reply, 

My guess is that you didn't also call:

 abSeqBindKey->initBindKeys("Layout")

You must do this to initialize the system. Without this, any registered key sequences will have no effect - this redefines all the letter and number keys to call this system. That's why you didn't get any errors, because the registered key sequence was never triggered. I did both the initBindKeys and the "fit" definition shown above, and it then worked fine in IC613. 

The .ils suffix is required because the code is SKILL++ code; it takes advantage of lexical scoping to allow local functions and data, and this will not work with a .il suffix.

I did not try a "state machine" type approach. I think this would be more complex to implement (at least more complex to maintain and register particular key sequences, potentially).

Regards,

Andrew.

Andrew,

 So would the code listed in your link above also include modifier key functionality?

The reason I ask, is that I'm trying a different keyboard, and I'd like to remap some keys to perform default Cadence bindkey functionality.  For example, Cadence default "Shift<m>" gives you Mirror X/Y adjustability inside the move command.

I want the exact same functionality/options based on a Numpad 0(Shift functionality) + Numpad 6 for move.

Could your code be tweaked to yield the desired effect? Is what I want a different issue?

Thanks,
Michael

I updated the other post that you appended to, but I see you've given more details in this one.

You could use this selectively, by only defining key bindings on <Key>KP_0 etc. You could define your own function:

 defun(CCFnumpadBindKeys (appType)
    let((appRoot)
        appRoot=hiGetBindKeyInheritRoot(appType)
        when(appRoot
            for(ascii charToInt('\0) charToInt('\9)
                hiSetBindKey(appRoot
                    strcat("<Key>KP_" intToChar(ascii))
                    sprintf(nil "abSeqBindKey->enter(\"%s\")"
                        intToChar(ascii))
                )
            ) ; for
            hiSetBindKey(appRoot "Shift<Key>KP_0" "abSeqBindKey->enter(\"S\")")
            hiSetBindKey(appRoot "<Key>Escape" "abSeqBindKey->reset()")
        ) ; when appRoot
    ) ; let
) ; defun CCFnumpadBindKeys

This defines shift-0 (on they numeric keypad as "S" for shift), and all the others as numbers. So then I can do:

CCFnumpadBindKeys("Layout")
abSeqBindKey->set("Layout"
  '(
    ("S6" "leHiMove()")
  )
)

Then shift-0 and then 6 will do a move.

Regards,

Andrew.

 Andrew,

I guess what I meant to say is that I want the Keypad 0 key to function as a Shift key.  So inside the Move command, a "KP_0+ middle mouse" button functions the same as a "Shift+middle mouse" button.

Example:

KP_6/m starts the move command.  I have my data selected, and want to mirror it.  Instead of the default "Shift+middle mouse", I want a "KP_0"+middle mouse.

Does that make sense?  Any solution?  Thank you for your reply.

That's rather different from what you said earlier, and is not possible (either with my code or with bindkeys in general). Ordinary keys cannot be used as modifiers. Seems a pretty strange request!

Regards,

Andrew 

 Yeah, I'm sorry for any lack of clarity.  It was unintentional. I was afraid it wouldn't work.  And yes, a strange request, I agree.  I have an unusual keyboard that I'm trying out.  It places the numpad to the left of the alphabetical portion.  The thought was I could minimize having to take my hand off the mouse, and reduce left hand movement over the keyboard by customizing the keypad to handle the most common bindkeys.  The idea works great with the exception of my "strange request".

 Guess I'll have to devise another plan.

 Out of curiousity, is it a limitation of Cadence, or is something hard coded in the keyboard hardware that prevents the change?  We have a Cadence AE here onsite, and he said it couldn't be done, at least that he was aware of.  I wasn't prepared to give up so easily.

Thanks for looking anyway.

Cheers,

Michael

EDIT:   PS, Now I wonder, could the functionality of a Shift+MiddleMouse in a Move or Copy command be bound to 1 key?  Say I use M for move, and THEN press KP_0 to mirror the selected data, and each key press toggles/cycles through each orientation.  Would that work?

I'm not sure if it's a hardware limitation or an X limitation. I couldn't even get  xmodmap -e "add shift = KP_0" to have an effect (it shows up in xmodmap -pm but it doesn't work as a shift key still).

For your "EDIT" (by the way, there are no notifiers sent for edits, so I could have easily missed that), there's nothing to stop you adding a bindkey for lxCmdShiftOptions() (shift middle mouse) and lxCmdOptions() (middle mouse).

e.g.

hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>KP_0" "lxCmdShiftOptions()")
hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>KP_1" "lxCmdOptions()")

You could limit them to only work in enter functions (such as move or copy) by using:

hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>KP_0EF" "lxCmdShiftOptions()")
hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>KP_1EF" "lxCmdOptions()")

Regards,

Andrew.