John Tanner Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) I see from a Google search that there was some desire amongst Mac users to run jzIntv, but the command line interface was very intimidating. I have been thinking of creating a quick launcher in AppleScript that would be easier to use. You would place the launcher in the same folder as the jzIntv program and the EXEC.BIN and GROM.BIN files (obtained from the Intellivision Lives! and Intellivision Rocks! discs released by Intellivision Productions), start the launcher, tell it what game file you want to play, and away you go! However, I have a question. Normally, jzIntv maps the alt/option key to the lower-left action button, and the ctrl button to the lower-right button. After some discussion, I believe this had the *right* set of alt/option and ctrl keys in mind. I use a MacBook Pro, which only has the left set of ctrl and option. Thus the opposite mapping (ctrl=>left action, option=> right action) is more convenient. I want to allow users to remap the keys. AppleScript only allows a limited interface, but I think I have a solution. I will provide a mapping that is MacBook friendly. To use it, simply create a copy of it named "jzIntv mapping" in the same folder as the launcher. To go back to normal, delete "jzIntv mapping". And, if you're feeling adventurous, read the jzIntv documentation, and modify "jzIntv mapping" yourself. Does this sound good? Edited January 3, 2012 by John Tanner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Sound good to me. I use both a mac book and a mac pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Great idea, but there may be some danger of reinventing the wheel, as Zagnalopius has something going that's very much along these lines. His project is called GUIntv -- thread here -- though the 2.x version of his program is only available for Snow Leopard and later. Perhaps a collaboration could be fruitful here? BTW there were some weird issues regarding LShift vs. RShift mapping in jzintv. They were resolved IIRC (see here for a discussion, up to post #19 or so), but I don't know whether the bugfix made it into an "official" release. You might want to be aware of that going in, since it was making me very confused for a while there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tanner Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 Hmm, then I'll have to continue the discusion on the other thread (here.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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