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        //add this in your init function AFTER Xinha.startEditors()
      var editor = Xinha.getEditor('myTextArea'); //please update to the latest version to have this utility function
    editor.whenDocReady (function() {Xinha._addEvent(editor._doc,"keydown", keyHandler)}); // you have to wait until every thing is initialized
    
    function keyHandler (event) {
        event = (event) ? event : window.event; // care for IE
        var key = String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode);
        alert (key);
                // if you for some reason don't want the keypress to be executed, use this; otherwise just return true at the end of your function 
        Xinha._stopEvent(event);
        return false;
    }

MyCustomPlugin._pluginInfo = {
  name          : "MyCustomPlugin"
}
function MyCustomPlugin(editor)
{
    this.editor = editor;
}

MyCustomPlugin.prototype.onKeyPress = function ( event )
{  // here you don't have to care about getting the event right
   var key = this.editor.getKey(event); 
   alert(key);
   // once again you can stop the event 
   Xinha._stopEvent(event);
   // return true here to to stop the event to be dispatched to other plugins, too
   return true;
}

Xinha.prototype._shortCuts = function (ev)
{
  var key = this.getKey(ev).toLowerCase();
  var cmd = null;
  var value = null;
  switch (key)
  {
    // simple key commands follow

    case 'b': cmd = "bold"; break;
    case 'i': cmd = "italic"; break;
    case 'u': cmd = "underline"; break;
    case 's': cmd = "strikethrough"; break;
    case 'l': cmd = "justifyleft"; break;
    case 'e': cmd = "justifycenter"; break;
    case 'r': cmd = "justifyright"; break;
    case 'j': cmd = "justifyfull"; break;
    case 'z': cmd = "undo"; break;
    case 'y': cmd = "redo"; break;
    case 'v': cmd = "paste"; break;
    case 'n':
    cmd = "formatblock";
    value = "p";
    break;

    case '0': cmd = "killword"; break;

    // headings
    case '1':
    case '2':
    case '3':
    case '4':
    case '5':
    case '6':
    cmd = "formatblock";
    value = "h" + key;
    break;
  }
  if ( cmd )
  {
    // execute simple command
    this.execCommand(cmd, false, value);
    Xinha._stopEvent(ev);
  }
};

if (!xinha_editors) // the init function may be executed several times during plugin loading, but we want to define the array only once
{
  xinhas_editors = []; //new Array
  var allTextareas = document.getElementsByTagName('textarea');
  for (var i=0;i<allTextareas.length;i++) // iterate through the array
  {
    if (allTextareas[i].id != 'exclude') // check whatever condition you need to exclude your textarea
    {
      xinhas_editors.push(allTextareas[i]); // add the others to the array
    }
  }
}

var editor = xinha_editors.idOfYourTextarea; //first, you must get a reference to the object that represents the editor you want to perform commands on

var toolbar = editor._toolbarObjects;  // this object contains all the button objects, referenced by a rather arbitrary id
 
toolbar.bold.cmd(); // call the actual button command;  obviously you need the id of the button

<script type="text/javascript">_editor_url="/testroot/xinha/";
_editor_lang="en";
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/testroot/xinha/XinhaCore.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/testroot/xinha/my_config.js"></script>

  xinha_editors = xinha_editors ? xinha_editors : document.getElementsByTagName('textarea');

Xinha.makeEditors = function(editor_names, default_config, plugin_names)
{
  if ( !Xinha.isSupportedBrowser ) return;
  
  if ( typeof default_config == 'function' )
  {
    default_config = default_config();
  }

  var editors = {};
  var textarea;
  for ( var x = 0; x < editor_names.length; x++ )
  {
    if ( typeof editor_names[x] == 'string' ) // the regular case, an id of a textarea
    {
      textarea = Xinha.getElementById('textarea', editor_names[x] );
      if (!textarea) // the id may be specified for a textarea that is maybe on another page; we simply skip it and go on
      {
        editor_names[x] = null;
        continue;
      }
    }
     // make it possible to pass a reference instead of an id, for example from  document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')
    else if ( typeof editor_names[x] == 'object' && editor_names[x].tagName && editor_names[x].tagName.toLowerCase() == 'textarea' )
    {
      textarea =  editor_names[x];
      if ( !textarea.id ) // we'd like to have the textarea have an id
      {
        textarea.id = 'xinha_id_' + x;
      } 
    }
    var editor = new Xinha(textarea, Xinha.cloneObject(default_config));
    editor.registerPlugins(plugin_names);
    editors[textarea.id] = editor;
  }
  return editors;
};