On 11/03/2019 17:37, Philip Race wrote:
The debate is about AltGraph which an ancient MS-DOSism for
asking for an ALTernate GRAPHics bitmap font - all pre-dates windows
and I am sure has never been applicable to any MacOS.
It also about the "right alt" which is also know as "AltGraph". I guess
currently
it is implemented as "right alt" on Linux/macOS/windows.
BTW on linux it is also named as "Alternative Characters Key":
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ComposeKey
So someone needs to properly explain why we would claim a Mac keyboard
is OK to generate a keycode it doesn't have and cause a slew of regressions
in the process ...>
If Mac doesn't distinguish these two, we should generate the same keycode for both.
The macOS supports "right alt", otherwise it would not be possible to implement
it in java:
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2450/_index.html
One could suppose there is a difference else why two keys, but what is the right
thing to do here that fixes all the problems. What exactly WAS the problem
with what was there in the first place ? And if changing it is correct why is it
causing regressions ?
Regressions were caused by the bugs in the fix implementation, or am I missed
something?
-phil.
On 3/12/19, 5:34 AM, Sergey Bylokhov wrote:
Hi, Phil.
On 11/03/2019 07:43, Philip Race wrote:
The reasoning that AltGraph might be useful to someone is a bit weak
and I don't think I'd want to support it via system property or build options.
If its not a platform keyboard key, why do we need it ?
The "AltGraph" key is also commonly referred to as "Right Alt", and
it has been implemented on all platforms as a "Right Alt", it is convenient to
distinguish the left/right alts.
--
Best regards, Sergey.
