KeyPress/Release and modifiers

[Samuel Thibault]

Glynn Clements, le Sun 10 Jun 2007 13:56:22 +0100, a écrit :
> To perform the translation, I would suggest searching the mapping
> table returned by XGetKeyboardMapping(); unmodified keys should be
> preferred over modified keys.

But the user will probably almost always prefer to use the usual
asdfjkl; keys (hence a modifier is needed)...

> You could use XKeysymToKeycode(), but I don't know how that will
> handle the case where a KeySym is available on multiple keys. E.g. on
> a UK keyboard, XK_bracketright can be generated by key 35 (the "]"+"}"
> key) with no modifiers, or by key 18 (the "9"+"(" key) with AltGr. If
> the user chooses XK_bracketright, you probably want the former rather
> than the latter or both.

That's why the solution I proposed earlier is on KeyPress to remember
keycode was pressed for generating it, and on KeyRelease, to look for
the keycode for knowing what was released.

Sauel