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Text Editing Input IME example

Why is TEXTINPUT needed when we have KEYDOWN events? It's because one key press doesn't always match up to one character generated. Sometimes several characters can be generated. This is why the old KEYDOWN events are not sometimes enough.


Rene Dudfield
(illume)
Why is TEXTINPUT needed when we have KEYDOWN events? It's because one key press doesn't always match up to one character generated. Sometimes several characters can be generated. This is why the old KEYDOWN events are not sometimes enough.

Full article and example app is available for patrons first as an "early access" before it becomes available to all in a month: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-text-input-ime-43962438

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Text Editing Input IME example 0.0.1 — 16 Nov, 2020

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