Does fork support virtual keys?

[thomastthai]

The fork documentation is unclear if it recognizes if a virtual key is active, i.e. pressed. switch supports virtual keys using input virtual.

[jtroo]

fork is the equivalent of the basic keys check in switch, using none of the list logic items.

[gerhard-h]

(fork a b (c)) is (switch (c) b break () a break) for me the reason to use fork is just the reduced typing efford.
Also with fork I cannot remember the correct order of a and b.

If switch would autoasume break (switch (c) b () a ) (even () could be auto assumed). Then fork could be deprecated.

But I am not totally sold for that idea, maybe new users would get confused by all theses autoasumptions. (error messages might get harder to understand, too)

[thomastthai]

As a new user, the format for fork is confusing as I'm used to the "(condition) action other–action" (using if condition action, else other action), whereas fork is action other–action (condition). The idea of an alternative, simple, and auto–assumed (switch (condition) action other–action would keep the format more consistent.

[thomastthai]

For completeness and future reference by others, the test with Kanata Simulator:

(defsrc
  caps a    s    d    f    g 
)

(deflayer qwerty
  caps @a   @s   d    f    g
)

(deflayer layers
  _    ;    l    k    j    h 
)

(defvirtualkeys
  shift-vk   lshft
  control-vk lctl
 
  =layers      (layer-switch layers)
)

(defalias
  @a (fork 
       (macro s h i f t  n o t  p r e s s e d) 
       (macro s h i f t  p r e s s e d)
       (shift-vk)
     )
  @s (on press press-vkey shift-vk)
)

The error showing the virtual key not recognized:

  × Error in configuration
    ╭─[configuration:36:1]
 36 │        (macro s h i f t  p r e s s e d)
 37 │        (shift-vk)
    ·         ────┬───
    ·             ╰── Error here
 38 │      )
    ╰────
  help: string of a known key is expected