Re: -charactersIgnoringModifiers and the shift key

FROM : Ken Thomases
DATE : Thu Apr 17 21:56:10 2008

On Apr 17, 2008, at 11:38 AM, John Stiles wrote:
> Quick question: in Leopard, are there any keyboards left which don't 
> have a uchr?
>
> I found some sample code which includes a fallback case for if no 
> 'uchr' resource is found (it uses plain KeyTranslate in this case) 
> and I'm wondering whether this is still relevant in the Leopard-and-
> above timeframe.


All of the keyboard layouts that Apple ships provide uchr data. 
However, there's nothing stopping users from installing and using 
third-party keyboard layouts which don't.  Many of those will be users 
who originally installed the non-uchr keyboard layout in Tiger and 
then upgraded to Leopard; the layout just comes along for the ride.

This is not a hypothetical.  It has been a problem we've seen with our 
product.

Cheers,
Ken