[Newbies] Detecting keyboard state / finding older fixes

[stan shepherd]

As I have dual boot Linux/Windows, I'll try and verify the Windows result in
the next day or two.


Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> 
> 
> I am pretty sure it works in the Windows VM. You should get multiple  
> keyDown events but a single keyUp:
> 
> Down ... (pause) ... down - down - down - down - down - up.
> 
>> That is, in the programming language a real key down and a repeat are
>> indistinguishable.
> 
> The problem is that from the X11 VM you get this:
> 
> Down ... (pause) ... up down - up down - up down - up down - up.
> 
> Now, the up and down events bear the same time stamp (they are  
> synthesized together) so the VM could actually filter out the  
> unwanted up events, but it does not (yet anyway). Also, you do not  
> get events for all keys like Shift etc. (IIRC only Windows gets that  
> right).
> 
> It's a shame to admit this is still not working ...
> 
> - Bert -
> 
> 
> 

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