[Lazarus] Carbon key mapping

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:16:03 +0100
Dominique Louis <dominique at savagesoftware.com.au> wrote:

> Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:27:33 +0100
> > Dominique Louis <dominique at savagesoftware.com.au> wrote:
> > 
> >> Thanks Mattias,
> >>    Loading the Mac OS X specific mapping certainly changes the
> >> menu items, but actually using those key combinations does not
> >> work. Pressing Cmd+X does not Cut.
> > 
> > It works here in designer, source editor and all edit fields.
> > Please try if you can grab it in the editor options / key mapping /
> > Find Key Combination.
> > I tested with a Macbook us-international keyboard.
> > 
> >  
> >> Btw, what key is ^ on a Mac OS X MacBook?
> > 
> > The ^ modifier is the options/ctrl key.
> > The arrow up is the shift and the cloverleaf is the Cmd key.
> 
> Hmm I'm not having much luck here. Using ^+F does not work when I set
> it to Native lazarus neither does Cmd+F when I set it to Mac OS X
> inside the Keymapping screen.
> 
> Find Key Combination correctly detects the keys being pressed, but
> does not actually find the the Key combination in the dropdown list.
> For example if I press Cmd+F in the key combination screen the drop
> down list shows "Word('232')" while the Meta check box is ticked.

232 means that the character is not an F, but an unknown character.
I got the same. I fixed that on sunday. At least on my macbook.

 
> Inside the IDE I can't press return anymore to create  new line.
> All other keys work. It's very strange.

What keyboard do you use? (system preferences / international /
input menu / name?)

Mattias