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I use the utility "KeyBoard Maestro". A very nice aid.

I loved being able to use keyboard shortcuts while in the debugger to "Step Into" and Step Over" lines of code. This obviated the need to use the mouse for those functions. I could just tap from the keyboard and watch the flow.

Up until I updated to 9.6.8 I was able to assign "F1" and "F2" to invoke those two functions.The utility explicitly invokes one of those two menuItems within the "Debug" menu. But they did not work in 9.6.8. I went back to my trusty 9.6.1 but still no go. In fact, for LC, nothing works from that macro gadget at all any more.

Other programs still work fine with it. I am wondering if there is something in LC that locks out an external macro program from access to stuff within LC. I always thought that the beauty and power of such things was that they worked from high above, like I do with my fingers and keyboard.

I changed no finder or system preferences. But wonder how I locked myself out somehow.

Craig

Worked around the issue since the "rawKeyUp" message is sent during debugging.

Thank heavens.

So I just trap the keyCode for those two buttons and select the proper menuItem from the "Debug" menu. Not as lively as the utility, but at least back in business.

Craig

I use KeyBoard Maestro too but there are built-in shortcuts to manage debugging, so I use those. I do use KeyBoard Maestro to bring all app windows to the front and it works.

Jacque.

there are built-in shortcuts to manage debugging

To manage debugging in another program like LC? While In LC's debugging mode? How does that work?

Craig

dunbarx wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:08 pm

To manage debugging in another program like LC? While In LC's debugging mode? How does that work?

I am pretty sure she meant LCs shortcuts for debugging: CMD-I, CMD-O, CMD-T, CMD-Y and CMD->

Ah.

OK.

Still a mystery to me why all of a sudden my old "macros" no longer work. Anyway, I find it so much more convenient to hit a single key on the keyboard than any key combination or click the mouse at the top of the SE.

Craig