DN535295687

Subject: Re: Bug Tk 8.2.1 Can't use the dead keys with accents that require the shift key - DN [1]

diam@pmdiam.ensta.fr (Maurice DIAMANTINI) - 11 Oct 1999 - comp.lang.tcl

 On 09 Oct 1999 21:45:54 GMT, jas@xmail.com.br <jas@xmail.com.br> wrote:
 >
 >Tk 8.2.1 Bug:  Generated by Scriptics' bug entry form at
 >    http://www.scriptics.com/support/bugForm.html
 >Responses to this post are encouraged.
 >------
 >
 >Submitted by:  Joao Andre Simioni
 >OperatingSystem:  Windows 95
 >Synopsis:  Can't use the dead keys with accents that require the shift key
 >
 >ObservedBehavior:
 >    Whenever I create an entry or text widget, I cannot write characters
 >    such as:
 >    ã - ê - ü
 >    because tk always write:
 >    à - e - ú.
 >    It appears that tk is ignoring the dead keys with the shift key pressed.

 I had such a problem some week ago,
 I'm not sure if it is a tk bug, or a Xserveur, but I've corrected
 it by modifying tkTextInsert (in text.tcl lib) in following way :

     proc tkTextInsert {w s} {
         # Modif par diam le 04/08/99 pour linuxppc (eacute == "" !!!)
         # # # if {($s == "") || ([$w cget -state] == "disabled")} {
         # # #     return
         # # # }
         if {("x$s" == "x") || ([$w cget -state] == "disabled")} {
            return
         }
         catch {
             if {[$w compare sel.first <= insert]
                     && [$w compare sel.last >= insert]} {
                 $w delete sel.first sel.last
             }
         }
         $w insert insert $s
         $w see insert
     }

 I have not report this bug at srciptics as this error was for
 tk-8.0.5 (on linuxppc-R5 :-) ; and I wanted to see if
 this bug had desepert (??) with tk8.2 that I was trying to compil
 (Thank you steve :-).

 I think the concerned test should use the new string equal feature.

 Just notice that the following line worked as expected:

     bind $top <Any-KeyPress> {
        puts stdout "Key:   char %%A = %A  sym %%K = %K   code %%k = %k  "
     }

 >
 >
 >DesiredBehavior:
 >    I'd like to be able to write all accentuated characters
 >
 >
 >Comments:
 >    I'm using windows 95, standard U.S. keyboard with accentuation.
 >    There isn't the same problem when I use tcl/tk in Linux
 >

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