Michael van der Gulik wrote:
On a random Windows VM I just found, I get even more interesting results:
#(2 14856453 72 1 0 72 0 0) #(2 14856453 104 0 0 104 0 0) #(2 14856500 72 2 0 72 0 0)
The character changes. I typed in a lower case 'h', but the VM returns an upper-case 'H' (72) as the press and release field character, and a lower case 'h' (104) in the character field.
Why?
Look at your keyboard. Real close. What does the letter that is printed on the keyboard say? Does it say "h" or does it say "H"? ;-)
When you press the "H" key (as it is denoted on your keyboard) the VM reports this as the "H" key which is then interpreted by Windows to be the lowercase "h" character, which it reports as well. Similarly, if you would press Shift-H, it would report that you pressed the shift key, the "H" key which then resulted in the uppercase "H" character. Makes sort of sense dunnit? ;-)
And why is the character repeated in the 6th field?
Because the Windows VM is fully Unicode capable and produces both MacRoman as well as UTF-32 for maximum compatibility.
Also, under the Windows VM, modifier key pressed and releases /are/ sent to the VM.
Yes, indeed. You are pressing that shift key, no? Why would the VM not report that? Might as well decide not to report the Q key ;-)
Cheers, - Andreas