On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:07:57 +0200
Marc Weustink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:52:10 -0300
> > Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> >>
> >>>They can.
> >>>For example: linux/gtk/german. People using an UTF8 font creates UTF8
> >>>umlaute and they are shown properly.
> >>>There are still some todos: key combos, right-to-left, gtk2.
> >>>I don't know what the situation is in win32.
> >>
> >>I think that "key combos" is what I am missing. I usually type ' + A in
> >>order to get a Á, but gtk lazarus cannot recognize this. Can you point
> >>me in the direction of where (whitch function / unit) should this
> >>feature be inserted?
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure. The best would be, if the gtk interface would return the
> > correct keys.
> > Because it works in TEdit (=gtk_entry) this must be possible somehow.
> > We must find out, how gtk_entry does the trick. After that, I can tell
> > you where to put that code.
>
> It is the way characters from gtk to synedit are translated. They all
> have to go through VK codes.
> The problem is that ' is defined as dead key. On gtk(1) there is no way
> to detect a dead key. Only after the A is pressed you get the (utf/iso)
> combination.
> AFAIR, this is for keydown/up events, on a keypress event the right char
> is send, however synedit isn't using this char.
SynEdit uses the LCL KeyPress event.
Do you mean the gtk keypress event?
> For gtk native controls it is easier. They handle those keypress event
> internally and now thus the char. Getting utf text from that is no
> problem.
So, we must rewrite the key handling of the gtk intf to use the gtk keypress
event?
Mattias
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