[sdljava-users] guichan sdlinput - most key not handled

[David L. <sys...@ho...>]

Hi,

I've tried to use a guichan TextField but found that most of the key input 
aren't handled. The special cases like the arrows or the delete key work 
fine, but the common letters and numbers aren't recognized as input. The Key 
event generated by the keypressed has a keyvalue of 0.

I believe the problem is in the sdljavax.guichan.sdl.SDLInput 
convertKeyCharacter method. The first block seems to handle those numbers 
and letters but really doesn't.

private Key convertKeyCharacter(SDLKeyboardEvent keysym) {
int value = 0;

if (keysym.getUnicode() < 255) {
  value = keysym.getUnicode();
}

switch (keysym.getSym()) {
  case SDLKey.SDLK_TAB :
  value = Key.TAB;
  break;

  ...

}

...

}


I've added the following in the switch statement, and it fixes the problem:
case SDLKey.SDLK_a:
  value = (int)'a';
  break;
... for each letter and number


I'm not sure if that's the best solution. Perhaps someone might know why the 
getUnicode() method returns 0. I'm using Windows XP by the way, I don't know 
if it matters.

Anyhow, yay my first somewhat-contribution to an open source project!

Cheers,
David Lareau