From: Jay Levitt <jay+news@...>
Date: 2007-12-30T05:00:05+09:00
Subject: Re: virtual key codes?

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:56:12 -0500, Marc Heiler wrote:

> But I agree completely on one point - WHAT is a virtual key?
> 
> Is that a key used in an online game? Or one you would like to have on
> your keyboard, but don't have? :)

I think it's one of those keys that you find in your drawer and realize you
don't have any idea what it unlocks.

Philosophically, a key, by definition, is a key TO something.  If you have
no something, you have no key.  So it's a virtual key; if you know what it
unlocks, the key actualizes.  Ironically, John Locke himself *was* a key
philosopher.

That said, I suspect the OP *may* be talking about Windows "virtual key
codes" - Delphi appears to use them a lot:

http://delphi.about.com/od/objectpascalide/l/blvkc.htm

They're sort-of keyscan codes.  I have no idea how or if they are accessed
in Ruby.

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