Re: Ctrl key, event state value, XIM vs IBus

[Luc Pionchon <pionchon luc gmail com>]

On 3 June 2013 22:49, Rui Tiago Cação Matos <tiagomatos gmail com> wrote:
> On 3 June 2013 20:37, Luc Pionchon <pionchon luc gmail com> wrote:
> > I have a program that connects to the key pressed event. I am getting
> > different event->state value for Ctrl, depending on the input method.
> > - XIM  gives 4
> > - IBus gives 33554436
>
> The IBus gtk+ module uses bits 24 and 25 on the GdkEventKey.state mask
> to mark events in order to prevent a loop that would otherwise happen
> due to how it processes events.
>
> > is this how it is meant to be? How should I process it?
>
> You should process it like any other mask, use bit-wise operations. i.e.
>
> if (state & GDK_CONTROL_MASK) { /* Ctrl bit is set */ }


Oh. Thank You Rui!


Luc