greetings. do anyone know if there is a way to get around the issue of PD in windows not being allowed to receive signal from a USB keyboard or mouse through the HIDIN object? i heared that it is possible to do it through being a "superuser" in linux, but in connection to an upcoming workshop that is supposed to be multi-platform, we should really get this to work in windows too (and mac , although there i have limited knowledge). any ideas?

linux is the multi-platformists platform of choice

but seriously, won't [key] and [keyup] suffice?

Hey. key and keyup will not work because these require to have the PD window on top. say, if someone wants to use PD with other apps (ableton live or whatever), this means that as soon as PD is not on top, it will not receive key and keyup commands.