Re: -charactersIgnoringModifiers and the shift key

FROM : John Stiles
DATE : Thu Apr 17 22:39:48 2008

Hmm, OK. I guess there's no harm in leaving in the KCHR handling code. I
was hoping to simplify things (this routine is already big and yucky)
but I guess that's just not in the cards. Nothing about this whole
hotkey ordeal has been simple!


Ken Thomases wrote:
> 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
>