From: Thomas Wilson Date: 2010-04-14T10:43:22+09:00 Subject: Re: Detect whether a key is being held before script executi Could anybody possibly give me a code example of how to detect a keyboard event? I am new to Ruby and I am not quite familiar with the syntax yet. Thanks. Thomas Wilson wrote: > > Command Line. I want to have the script launched at startup, by having a > Terminal command call the script, then when the script executes, it > determines whether or not the key is being held down and if it is, it > then modifies the permissions of certain folders on my hard disk. > > I am using OSX. > > > > > Andrew Mcelroy wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Thomas Wilson >> wrote: >>> Hi All! >>> >>> I am looking for a way to have a script detect whether or not a key is >>> pressed and held down before it runs. >> Is this within the context of a web browser, command line interface, >> or gui (like windows start up)? >> >> Your best bet is to automatically launch your first script which will >> watch for user input, then conditionally launch the next part. >> Without more info, I am not entirely sure what you are trying to >> accomplish. >> >> >> Andrew McElroy -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.