[Tux4kids-tuxtype-dev] Auto-detection of Typeable Characters

[David Bruce]

Hi,

I haven't looked at that in a while or followed the SDL list since I
moved this summer.  Has SDL 1.3 been released as 2.0?

When I looked into this before, the problem was that there didn't seem
to be from within a program to check to see what SDL keysym
corresponded to a given Unicode value, or alternatively to go through
all of the SDL keysyms in the user's keyboard and make a table that
tuxtype could use.  Last winter, I saw that key handling was going to
get overhauled in the new SDL, and it seemed like we would be able to
do the above, although I don't remember the details.

I can ask a question on the SDL list.  I'll also cc this to Bill
Kendrick, who would know more about the status of SDL than me.  Bill
is also well-known on the SDL list and would be more likely to get
replies.

Cheers,

David

On 8/21/08, Mobin M <mobinmohan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello David,
>
> It is really great to see your big Commit in svn!!
>
> As you have mentioned in the previous mail we need to fix some bugs before
> we announce the newer additions in Tuxtype. Already I have started working
> on it. Hope we could complete it soon.
>
> Mean while, I would like to start working on the auto-detection of typeable
> characters by sdl1.3.
> I am afraid, the feature is not added in the newer version of sdl. Last day
> I was there in sdl irc channel, but I haven't got any positive reply from
> the developers. I would like to know your comment on this work. If it is
> feasible we can complete that also, so that it will be much useful and we
> can avoid the error-prone nature of keymap usage.
>
> thanking you
> mobin
>