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# bindED
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This VoiceAttack plugin reads keybindings in Elite:Dangerous and stores them as
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VoiceAttack variables. It has originally been written by Gary (the developer of
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VoiceAttack) [and published on the VoiceAttack
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forums](https://forum.voiceattack.com/smf/index.php?topic=564.0).
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You can find the [original README here](ReadMe.txt).
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I have taken the original source code and added automatic detection of the
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2020-11-08 14:58:31 +01:00
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correct bindings file and support for non-US keyboard layouts (see below for
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details).
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## Usage
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### Reading Bindings into VoiceAttack
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Invoke the `loadbinds` plugin context. That will populate a bunch of variables
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named `ed<name in the bindings file>` for you that you can use in commands
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instead of hard-wiring key presses, enabling you to share profiles with other
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players more easily.
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### Saving the List of Variables
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Invoke the `listbinds` plugin context (make sure to tick <20>Wait for the plugin
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function to finish before continuing<6E>!). That will set a variable
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`~bindED.bindsList` containing all the variable names that you can e.g. write to
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a file.
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By default the list is separated by `\r\n`, you can override that behaviour by
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setting `bindED.separator` before invoking the plugin.
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## Automatic Bindings Detection
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Elite creates a file `StartPreset.start` in the Bindings directory that contains
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the name of the currently active profile. The plugin now reads that file and
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loads the correct profile automatically.
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Should the file for some reason a) not exist, b) be empty or c) contain an
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invalid preset name the old default is used: the most recently changed `.binds`
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file.
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You can still manually provide a bindings file to use instead by setting it as
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the plugin context, as before.
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## Support for non-US Keyboard Layouts
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If you are using any non-US layout you might have noticed that some binds don<6F>t
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work. Elite internally uses keycode values (a number assigned to each key on the
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keyboard) for its bindings but for some reason both displays and saves them as
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keysyms (the label on the key), according to the UK QWERTY keyboard layout. That
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means VoiceAttack can<61>t just send the keysym it reads from a binding, it has to
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translate it into the corresponding keycode.
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The original plugin contained a `EDMap.txt` file that contains infomration on
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that conversion _for the US keyboard layout_. If you are using any other layout
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that information will be incorrect for any symbols that are on a different key
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than they are on the US layout.
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I have added the option to use maps for other keyboard layouts. In order to do
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so you will have to set a text variable in VoiceAttack called `bindED.layout` to
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the layout you want to use before invoking the plugin. If the variable is not
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set it will defaut to <20>en-us<75>, leaving the original behaviour intact.
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I have included a map file for [Neo2](https://neo-layout.org)
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(`EDMap-de-neo2.txt`) which is the layout that I am using personally. If you are
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on a different layout, you will have to create a corresponding map file yourself
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or prod me to add it. E.g. for the french AZERTY it would be `EDMap-fr-fr.text`
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and set `bindED.layout` to <20>fr-fr<66>. For US Dvorak, `EDmap-en-us-dvorak` and
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<EFBFBD>en-us-dvorak<61>. You can see where this is going.
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For more information on [creating new supported keyboard layouts see the
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Wiki](https://github.com/alterNERDtive/bindED/wiki/Keyboard-Layouts).
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