[SDL] Hash key on Macbook Pro (OSX 10.11.6)

[Peter Vince]

I'm trying to use an application on a Macbook Pro with a British keyboard, that has been written with SDL. That laptop has no direct key for the Hash (#) character, and I normally need to press ALT-3 to get that character. But it appears SDL is trapping the ALT key, so preventing me using that character - unless I cut-and-paste it from another Mac application.

Has this been noticed before, and is there a work-around please?

Thank you

[Jonathan Dearborn]

Is this happening for an SDL_TEXTINPUT event?

Jonny D

Post by Peter Vince
I'm trying to use an application on a Macbook Pro with a British keyboard,
that has been written with SDL. That laptop has no direct key for the Hash
(#) character, and I normally need to press ALT-3 to get that character.
But it appears SDL is trapping the ALT key, so preventing me using that
character - unless I cut-and-paste it from another Mac application.
Has this been noticed before, and is there a work-around please?
Thank you
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[Peter Vince]

Hi Jonny. Thanks for your reply. Short answer - yes.

Peter

Post by Jonathan Dearborn
Is this happening for an SDL_TEXTINPUT event?
Jonny D

I'm trying to use an application on a Macbook Pro with a British keyboard, that has been written with SDL. That laptop has no direct key for the Hash (#) character, and I normally need to press ALT-3 to get that character. But it appears SDL is trapping the ALT key, so preventing me using that character - unless I cut-and-paste it from another Mac application.
Has this been noticed before, and is there a work-around please?
Thank you
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[Peter Vince]

Hi Jonny,

Yes - this is the code segment being used:

case SDL_TEXTINPUT:
i = 0;
while (ev.text.text[i] != '\0')
putkey(ev.text.text[i++]) ;
break ;

Regards,

Peter

Post by Jonathan Dearborn
Is this happening for an SDL_TEXTINPUT event?
Jonny D

I'm trying to use an application on a Macbook Pro with a British keyboard, that has been written with SDL. That laptop has no direct key for the Hash (#) character, and I normally need to press ALT-3 to get that character. But it appears SDL is trapping the ALT key, so preventing me using that character - unless I cut-and-paste it from another Mac application.
Has this been noticed before, and is there a work-around please?
Thank you
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