You might need to logout/restart/fast-user-switch after ARD sharing turning it off before you regain control of crtl-esc

NOTE, I've also found out that the ARD administrator application ALSO grabs/blocks this keystroke. So if you're ARD sharing is off, but you're running the ARD administrator application, crtl-esc will not work in TextMate.

I'm not an Apple Developer, nor am I sure this is a bug with ARD (it may be intentional), so I'm not comfortable submitting a bug report. If you would like to submit it if you have the same results, be my guest.

- Ira

On Oct 16, 2006, at 5:48 AM, textmate-request@lists.macromates.com wrote:

From: Caius Durling nemo8686@mac.com Date: October 16, 2006 2:25:59 AM EDT To: TextMate users textmate@lists.macromates.com Subject: Re: [TxMt] crtl-esc not activating - my solution Reply-To: TextMate users textmate@lists.macromates.com

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The short story is that running ARD (Apple Remote Desktop) Client is the culprit that is stealing the key sequence.

I don't know why ARD steals the key sequence, but turning it off (System Preference - under Sharing) eliminates this problem for me.

I open System Preferences, untick ARD sharing in the sharing prefpane, quit System Preferences, Relaunch TextMate, and it still doesn't work when I hit ⌃⎋.

Have you rebooted/logged out after turning it off or anything?

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I'd like to run the ARD client, so if anyone knows how to have the ARD client run without it stealing the crtl-esc key sequence, I'd like to hear about it.

Possibly submit this as a bug to apple: http://developer.apple.com/ bugreporter/

Caius