From: phlip_cpp@... (Phlip)
Date: 2001-10-14T00:22:38+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22485] Gtk - detect Alt modifier?

Mathieu Bouchard <matju@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Phlip wrote:

> >         signal_connect("key_press_event") { |w, e|
> >             puts e.keyval  }
> > Those keyvals come out as big honkin' numbers, like 65470.
> > Is there some facility in gtk.rb, or in gtk+, that can convert these
> > numbers to humane strings, such as "F1"? I have seen this ability
> > before in other libraries with the letters TK in them.
> 
> I don't know about Gtk, but using RubyX11 (version 0.5), you can do:
> 
> require "X11/Keysyms"
> p X11::KeysymdefReverse[65470]
> 
> #==> "F1"

Ta!

Now the next question. If the Ctrl, Alt or Graphic key(s) were down
while the user mashed that F1...

A> how do I know this? e.state picks up Shift, but how do I detect the
others?

B> how, modulo DIY, do I stringify them?

-- 
Phlip

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