Shorcut command problem

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Red(Posted 2003) [#1]
AZERTY / QWERTY
there are some scancode differences
ex : W <-> Z


cyberseth(Posted 2003) [#2]
You're always going to get that because the keys themselves are exactly the same, it's just their ASCII codes that are different. This isn't a Blitz bug. On a UK keyboard, the " sign is above the 2, but on a US keyboard the @ sign is. But the 2 key is still the 2 key, so it can't be changed.


marksibly(Posted 2003) [#3]
I consider this 'kind of' a Blitz bug!

The idea of scancodes is that they represent physical key positions on a keyboard.

But I think this is next to useless. Any kind of game/app is gonna have to describe these codes to the user - and 'the top left key on your keyboard' doesn't quite cut it!

Windows gets around this by using 'virtual' keys - kind of like scancodes, but associated with the glyph actually printed on the key instead of its physical position.

I think this is a better solution, and one Blitz will eventually follow.