Support for key stroke

[alain-sarti]

I really enjoy being able to use my flics with my mac, so thank you for that!

My only problem: the delay to press a key (in my case space) with the help of automator is quite big. So a direct support for key strokes in addition to running scripts would be awesome!

[AntonMeier]

So, launching Automator workflows is notorious for being slow. Furthermore, if you are triggering the workflow on a "Click" event then that would also add a delay.

For events that you want to be quick you should use the "Button down" event since that gives you the best response time. Also, try and use shell scripts instead of workflows if you can. If you really need to lower the latency even further then you can try and check the "low latency" option (but know that it consumes more power).

Take a look at the script called keynotePreviousSlide.sh that I have added to the Keynote folder. That basically only simulates a keypress "p". Try that and see how it goes and then modify accordingly for your own purpose.

[AntonMeier]

Hehe, well that script actually invokes an AppleScript, but you get the idea :P

[alain-sarti]

Thanks for the hint. I'll have to try that out, the first attempt didn't work but that shouldn't be too hard ;)