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    From TimS@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 22 20:09:51 2024
    Is the following likely to be true?

    ASCII 11 is not an EOL, but the keycode of that some macOS keyboards send for an alternative RETURN key pressed.

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    Tim

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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to TimS on Sun Jun 23 21:44:56 2024
    TimS <[email protected]> wrote:
    Is the following likely to be true?

    ASCII 11 is not an EOL, but the keycode of that some macOS keyboards send for an alternative RETURN key pressed.

    Keyboards don't send ASCII, they send keycodes. There can be a certain
    degree of overlap, but in general terms you need a translation from the keycodes to the character(s) the key is expected to generate. This mapping varies depending on the keyboard layout (QWERTY v AZERTY, modifier keys,
    dead keys, mapping ¬`|\@"~# on different layouts like US v UK, etc).

    It's quite possible that there's a keyboard that sends the keycode 11, but
    that shouldn't be taken to be ASCII 11.

    (I can't speak to what Mac keyboards may or may not have done, and I've only briefly touched keyboard handling in macOS)

    Theo

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  • From TimS@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 24 10:35:16 2024
    On 23 Jun 2024 at 21:44:56 BST, "Theo" <[email protected]> wrote:

    TimS <[email protected]> wrote:
    Is the following likely to be true?

    ASCII 11 is not an EOL, but the keycode of that some macOS keyboards send for
    an alternative RETURN key pressed.

    Keyboards don't send ASCII, they send keycodes. There can be a certain degree of overlap, but in general terms you need a translation from the keycodes to the character(s) the key is expected to generate. This mapping varies depending on the keyboard layout (QWERTY v AZERTY, modifier keys,
    dead keys, mapping ¬`|\@"~# on different layouts like US v UK, etc).

    It's quite possible that there's a keyboard that sends the keycode 11, but that shouldn't be taken to be ASCII 11.

    (I can't speak to what Mac keyboards may or may not have done, and I've only briefly touched keyboard handling in macOS)

    Thanks, Theo.

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    Tim

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