Can Applescript "listen" for a certian key being pressed?

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#1

I have a loop script running that repeats a certian task at a specific interval. I want the user to be able to halt the script by pressing the escape key. I cant seem to find anyway to detect that key being pressed. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

#2

Use Jon’s Commands scripting addition ‘keys pressed’:

http://www.seanet.com/~jonpugh/

#3

Here’s an example:

repeat
	beep 1
	if (keys pressed) contains "Escape" then exit repeat
	do shell script "sleep 1"
end repeat

Acommon mistake is to use an infinite repeat loop without a break. If you do that, then the script will have a hard time detecting user input. That’s what the delay is for. Otherwise you might use an idle handler.

gl,

#4

Thanks Kel, I’ll try that. I’ve had trouble getting Jon’s Commands working properly in the past but I will try again.