[SDL] [Fwd: Re: My thoughts on keyboard input in SDL 1.3]

[Bob Pendleton]

On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 08:21 +0900, Alissa Sabre wrote:
> > > Sam and I met on IRC to discuss how to simplify the SDL 1.3 keyboard  
> > > input system.
> 
> > I think we have been looking at this the wrong way. We are treating it
> > as a single two step process when what we have are two single step
> > processes.
> 
> Please don't forget there is another process; input method.

Nope, we haven't forgotten it. The design for it is already solid. Sam
has added a text input event that gives you character values (in UTF8).
It is intended to give you characters that are the result of input
methods, or just plain shifting. The text input event is how you get "a"
from a single key press, "A" from shift+A, and a Chinese character, for
example, from an input method.

		Bob Pendleton

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