rawKeyUp/Down give different keys for same char since LC 8

[Mark Waddingham]

Hi Tiemo,

On 2017-03-21 17:40, Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode wrote:
> Testing on Win 10, IDE: up to LC 6.7 special chars, as German Umlaute 
> gave
> the same key in rawKeyUp and rawKeyDown, e.g.
> 
> ä = 39, ü = 59, ö = 96, ß = 91
> 
> in LC 8 and 9 the rawKeyUp are still the same, but in rawKeyDown I now 
> get:
> 
> ä = 228, ü = 252, ö = 246, ß = 223
> 
> Is there any plausible explanation or reason why this had to be 
> changed, or
> is this a bug?

This looks like a bug to me - the key codes in rawKeyDown and rawKeyUp 
should match
and be the code of the key, not the translated character.

Out of interest, what are you using the rawKey messages for?

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

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