[Ham-Mac] Fldigi and Screen Sharing - A Guess

[Alan Bomberger]

My guess based on reading some about Mac OS X event processing and
reviewing some of my Swing code is that the modifierflags field of the key
event is not being properly masked.   There are device dependent bits which
may be set by the Screen Sharing Server that aren't present non-shared.
The presence of some device dependent bit not being masked out might
be confusing the event handler.

There really is no reason that Fldigi should be listening for modiferflags
events but…. who am I to question.

But I shoot from the hip a lot.   When I hit the target, everybody thinks I
am a genius.  When I miss, the call me a fool.

Peace


On May 22, 2016, at 2:56 PM, Pete Golian <pjgolian at gmail.com> wrote:

> I’m running OS X 10.11.5 (latest release) and no matter what VNC viewer client I tried (Remote Desktop, iTeleport, etc...) all had the same issue with the Shift key.  
> 
> I thought about trying to replace Apple’s screen sharing with another VNC host on a remote computer.  I checked RealVNC, but the only free product that they offer doesn’t support encryption.  If you access your remote system via the internet than that is not a recommended solution.  However, if your remote system is on the same local LAN (no internet) as your other computer, it could be something to try.
> 
> Pete
> KB3WTP
> 
> 
> 
>> On May 22, 2016, at 2:32 PM, Alan Bomberger <ae7tu at waldenpond.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The Help/About window pops up when the SHIFT/CNTL/OPTION/COMMAND key
>> is RELEASED not when pressed.  I found a thread on linuxham (
>>> Steve stecla1-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org [linuxham])
>> From 2014 which discusses the problem without a solution.
>> 
>> Chicken of the VNC did not cause this with both systems running 10.6.
>> 
>> ====================
>> When using Fldigi on a remote system running 10.7 on a Mac Mini
>> (last system the hardware supports) and Screen Sharing from a Mac Mini
>> running 10.8 I find that using the Shift, Control, Option, or Apple key on the
>> 10.8 system brings up the About menu on the Remote Fldigi.   I googled
>> some to find some other issues with Shift key but not this problem.
>> 
>> I looked at the Keyboard preferences on the Remote system and don't
>> see anything to set.  Screen Sharing client preferences on the controlling
>> system does have anything useful.   Perhaps there is some magic with the
>> preferences of the Screen Sharing server on the remote but I don't know how
>> to get at that.
>> 
>> I just switched to screen sharing when I found that after 10.6  Chicken of the
>> VNC no longer knows how to authenticate with the screen sharing server on
>> the remote.   
>> 
>> I am learning how to run Fldigi without using the shift key but would like a 
>> fix if possible.
>> 
>> 
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