Bugs item #1728405, was opened at 2007-05-30 17:39 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by sistisette You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=478070&aid=1728405...
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: puredata Group: v0.40.2 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Matteo Sisti Sette (sistisette) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: keyname issues in Windows
Initial Comment: I only have tested this on Windows XP.
The [keyname] doesn't handle correctly at least the following keys: - space bar - enter - escape
It doesn't correctly return the key name on the right outlet.
With the space bar key, it returns "symbol ", which probably is "symbol" plus a space, but however, "symbol space" or something like that would be more appropriate, since in PD a space in a message is equivalent to just nothing and there is no way to handle it as far as I understand.
With enter key, it seems to output "symbol " followed by the actual newline character (appears as a square in the output window in Windows)
With the escape key, it has a peculiar and incoherent behaviour: on keydown, it outputs "symbol " plus some special character (and outputs a 1 on the left outlet), while on keyup it outputs "symbol Escape" (and a 0 on the left outlet) which is correct.
I think all keys should have a name. However, if we accept that some keys don't have a name, I think [keyname] shouldn't output anything when those keys are pressed or releases, just like [key] and [keyup] don't output anything when an unrecognized key is pressed.
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Comment By: Matteo Sisti Sette (sistisette)
Date: 2007-05-30 18:08
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Also BACKSPACE behaves exactly like escape
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