How do you remove plants?

Steven J Lowe · 05-03-2003, 08:58 AM

I can see what it says on the help menu but i must be doing something wrong??

Socrates · 05-03-2003, 09:02 AM

You just press the [ and ] keys to add or remove plants.

If that isn't working, something is wrong.

Steven J Lowe · 05-03-2003, 09:05 AM

No that isnt working. I wonder whats wrong? Do you just push these buttons while the screensaver is working?

Steven J Lowe · 05-03-2003, 09:08 AM

When you push these buttons it just goes back to the desktop!

Mountainmaster · 05-03-2003, 09:24 AM

Steven, you have to disable "exit on mousemove". Or if you don't want to do that you can use my Plant Picker.

Steven J Lowe · 05-03-2003, 09:40 AM

Thanks for that ! Working now :0)

feldon34 · 05-04-2003, 12:18 PM

Yes, the

[X] Exit on Mouse Move

nonintuitively kicks out when pressing many keys including Ctrl and Alt. I'd imagine this is a Windows fault.

Sergiales · 05-04-2003, 04:10 PM

Originally posted by feldon27
nonintuitively kicks out when pressing many keys including Ctrl and Alt. I'd imagine this is a Windows fault.

I don't think that it is a Windows fault, but rather an appreciation error on the part of the programmer (basically "key filtering").

BTW, that plant feature still doesn't work for me, even by unchecking the "Exit on mouse move" option. Maybe a keyboard layout incompatibility?.

feldon34 · 05-04-2003, 05:26 PM

I'm trying to see how that could possibly happen?

Why would Prolific add [, ], Ctrl, Alt, Tab, Backspace, etc. as keys that exit the Aquarium in this mode?

I'm thinking Windows has a "kickout" function for screen savers and they have to manually add keys to NOT be detected.

Jim Sachs · 05-04-2003, 06:05 PM

That's pretty much right. You have to trap the event, see if it's one of the keys you want to filter out, then redirect the program thread before it has a chance to cause an exit.

Sergiales · 05-04-2003, 06:28 PM

Originally posted by feldon27
I'm thinking Windows has a "kickout" function for screen savers and they have to manually add keys to NOT be detected. [/b]

Then we are talking about key filtering, right?.
I am wondering if Reichart could tell us what keycode/keyascii is GA expecting for the plant feature to work properly. Thanks.

Reichart · 05-05-2003, 08:06 PM

We have fixed the "[" "]" kicking out. One would think this was easy, but this is a screensaver, and things work somewhat backwards.

Also, we added the [P] key for our French friends, any anyone with other differnt Keyboards.

Sergiales · 05-06-2003, 07:43 PM

Working fine with the recent beta. Thanks Reichart.

05-03-2003, 08:58 AM	#1
Steven J Lowe Blue Angel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: UK Posts: 45	How do you remove plants? I can see what it says on the help menu but i must be doing something wrong?? Steven J Lowe

05-03-2003, 09:02 AM	#2
Socrates Sage Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 1,529	You just press the [ and ] keys to add or remove plants. If that isn't working, something is wrong. Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!

05-03-2003, 09:05 AM	#3
Steven J Lowe Blue Angel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: UK Posts: 45	No that isnt working. I wonder whats wrong? Do you just push these buttons while the screensaver is working? Steven J Lowe

05-03-2003, 09:08 AM	#4
Steven J Lowe Blue Angel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: UK Posts: 45	When you push these buttons it just goes back to the desktop! Steven J Lowe

05-03-2003, 09:40 AM	#6
Steven J Lowe Blue Angel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: UK Posts: 45	Thanks for that ! Working now :0) Steven J Lowe

05-04-2003, 12:18 PM	#7
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	Yes, the [X] Exit on Mouse Move nonintuitively kicks out when pressing many keys including Ctrl and Alt. I'd imagine this is a Windows fault. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

05-04-2003, 04:10 PM	#8
Sergiales Software Engineer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 266	Originally posted by feldon27 nonintuitively kicks out when pressing many keys including Ctrl and Alt. I'd imagine this is a Windows fault. I don't think that it is a Windows fault, but rather an appreciation error on the part of the programmer (basically "key filtering"). BTW, that plant feature still doesn't work for me, even by unchecking the "Exit on mouse move" option. Maybe a keyboard layout incompatibility?. Sincerely, Sergio.

05-04-2003, 05:26 PM	#9
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	I'm trying to see how that could possibly happen? Why would Prolific add [, ], Ctrl, Alt, Tab, Backspace, etc. as keys that exit the Aquarium in this mode? I'm thinking Windows has a "kickout" function for screen savers and they have to manually add keys to NOT be detected. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

05-04-2003, 06:05 PM	#10
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	That's pretty much right. You have to trap the event, see if it's one of the keys you want to filter out, then redirect the program thread before it has a chance to cause an exit. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

05-04-2003, 06:28 PM	#11
Sergiales Software Engineer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 266	Originally posted by feldon27 I'm thinking Windows has a "kickout" function for screen savers and they have to manually add keys to NOT be detected. [/b] Then we are talking about key filtering, right?. I am wondering if Reichart could tell us what keycode/keyascii is GA expecting for the plant feature to work properly. Thanks. Sincerely, Sergio.

05-05-2003, 08:06 PM	#12
Reichart CTO Prolific Publishing Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui Posts: 423	GA-PC N505.0.9.868 We have fixed the "[" "]" kicking out. One would think this was easy, but this is a screensaver, and things work somewhat backwards. Also, we added the [P] key for our French friends, any anyone with other differnt Keyboards. *Reichart...* , CTO, Prolific Publishing, Inc. Come visit us Prolific Publishing, Inc.

05-06-2003, 07:43 PM	#13
Sergiales Software Engineer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 266	Working fine with the recent beta. Thanks Reichart. Sincerely, Sergio.