[platform-swt-dev] Re: [Bug 19568] {} on a german keyboard [swt-carbon]

["Mike Wilson" <Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxx>]

Continuing the discussion on the mailing list for the wider audience... 

I'm still confused here. The Mac "Command" key is what we should be marking as equivalent to the "ALT". Is this key also what is used to enter the special key codes? I thought it was the "option" key in this case. 

McQ.

Ulrich Köster <uli@xxxxxxx> 07/09/2002 05:34 AM

To:        "Andre Weinand" <Andre_Weinand@xxxxxxx>         cc:        "Knut Radloff" <knut_radloff@xxxxxxx>, Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxx         Subject:        Re: [Bug 19568] {} on a german keyboard [swt-carbon]

Hi Andre,

You wrote in a previous mail:
Proposed fix:
I will remove the ALT modifier from a key event, whenever it was used to 
get a
special character. However, since there are many special characters not 
many
Alt-modifiers will come through.
If this results in problems I will try to use the 'Fn' modifier as 'Alt'.



Just to mention: There is no Fn key on my cube keyboard :-).
To be more mac-like I would suggest to use apple+s for save(which works 
currently and thats what a normal mac user would expect) i.e. map the 
apple key to swt-alt-modifier-in-event and map alt+s (which is the 
character ') to no swt-modifier. Mac users use the apple key for 
shortcuts windows users use the alt key. I don`t know if this hurts 
something else.

Just my two cents.

Best regards

Ulrich

Am Dienstag den, 9. Juli 2002, um 10:52, schrieb Andre Weinand:

>
> Hi Ulrich,
> as far as I know is there no Windows specific StyledText.java, so
> everything that Knut has fixed is already in the MacOS X version (I 
> hope).
>
> IMO  the ALT + key problem is not a "bug" but just a consequence of the
> fact that the Mac's option key is labelled 'Alt'.
> If I want to enter a '{' on a German keyboard I have to use Option-'(' 
> and
> I don't want to have Eclipse interpret this as Alt-'(', i.e. a shortcut 
> for
> some function.
> So in order to get this to work we cannot change StyledText or any
> high-level mechanims but we have to introduce a mechanism that allows 
> for
> either using
> the Option-key in the normal Mac-way (to enter special characters) or to
> use it as the 'Alt' key.
>
> --andre
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> Hi Andre,
>
> may you should talk to knut_radloff@xxxxxxxx He has fixed a alt + key
> bug on windows in StyledText.java.
>
> Just trying to help you.
>
> Best regards
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> Ulrich
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