Re: GDK Keycodes

[Tor Lillqvist <tml iki fi>]

> 1. Why <shift> modifies "keyval" value if it's included as a flag in
> "state" anyway?

Because it is. If it wasn't, somebody would ask why it isn't. If you
think GDK was originally designed by a committee, deliberating for
years, determined to design the best imagineable API with no
inconsistencies at all, you are mistaken.

> 2. Where are the harwdare keycodes for GTK defined?

In each implementation of the underlying windowing systems used (X11,
Windows GDI, Mac OS X Quartz).

> Should I define it for every platform myself? If not what's the purpose of this field?

I don't know what you mean with "define". The field is in an input
event, you should not change it. And as far as I know, there is seldom
any reason to look at this field.

--tml