Fake typing?

[Richmond]

On 12/01/15 23:42, Richmond wrote:
> On 12/01/15 23:19, Richmond wrote:
>> On 12/01/15 23:00, Richmond wrote:
>>> On 12/01/15 22:40, Mike Bonner wrote:
>>>> Would the type command do what you want?
>>>>
>>>>  From the dictionary:
>>>> Note: As the type command is designed to emulate exactly what 
>>>> happens when
>>>> a user types a key on the keyboard, the rawKeyDown, keyDown, 
>>>> rawKeyUp and
>>>> keyUp messages are sent by the command. If these messages are 
>>>> blocked, the
>>>> text will not appear in the selected field.
>>>
>>> It's a thought.
>>>
>>> This works very well indeed:
>>>
>>> on mouseUp
>>>   type "Q"
>>> end mouseUp
>>>
>>> on rawKeyDown RAWK
>>>   put RAWK
>>> end rawKeyDown
>>>
>>> I get 81
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Richmond.
>>>
>>
>> However, if I select a different keyboard layout, say "AZERTY" (French)
>> and run the same script I still get 81, which means that the real 
>> rawKeyDown
>> is NOT being delivered (it should be 65).
>
> What is needed is NOT to TYPE "Q", but to be able to send a rawKey 
> command ???????????
>
> Richmond.

Obviously, on Linux at least, the IDE CANNOT pick up RAW keycodes per se 
as the operating system's
keyboard layout "thingy" gets in between the IDE and the RAW signal 
coming into the computer from the
physical keyboard.

This is a topic I have raised on-and-off for the last 5 years 
here-and-hereabout :(

In a perfect world (Ha, Ha, Ha) the IDE should be able to distinguish 
between which physical key on a keyboard
is pressed and which alphanumeric signal is pumped out by the system 
when that physical key is pressed.

https://github.com/glfw/glfw/issues/114