Danilo Segan wrote on 2004-08-05 10:51 UTC:
> Yesterday at 19:35, J�rg Henne wrote:
> 
> > Markus Kuhn wrote:
> >
> >> If you do something in this area, please implement the ISO 14755 hex
> >>
> >>input method, and not the old MS-Windows one. (Or implement both
> >>together, if you really need MS-Windows compatibility here. They don't
> >>interfere with each other, because the ISO 14755 technique uses
> >>Ctrl-Shift to activate the hex-entry mode, while MS-Windows uses Alt.)
> >>  
> > For reasons stated in my previous message I really need the
> > DOS/MS-Windows method. However, if there is a viable solution for
> > either of the methods, implementing at least the sections 5.1 and 5.2
> > (basic and keyboard symbol entry) from ISO 14755 should be fairly
> > straight-forward. Therefore I'll consider implementing both of them,
> > but first I need a viable solution anyway.
> 
> Gtk+ 2 already implements Ctrl-Shift stuff.  Just try it in any GtkTextEntry.

That's for my taste one level to high in the library stack. It would be
nicer to have it somewhere in the X11 library instead, along with the
other input method mechanics, such that all applications benefit from
it, not just those using Gtk+.

Markus

-- 
Markus Kuhn, Computer Lab, Univ of Cambridge, GB
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