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Bug 2115

Summary:	evdev input system should emit SDL_TEXTINPUT events
Product:	SDL	Reporter:	Gabriel Jacobo <gabomdq>
Component:	events	Assignee:	Gabriel Jacobo <gabomdq>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P2	CC:	allofquist
Version:	HG 2.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux

Description Gabriel Jacobo 2013-09-28 17:56:27 UTC

Currently the evdev based input code doesn't translate key presses into meaningful UTF-8 text. This should be implemented.

Comment 1 Gabriel Jacobo 2013-10-03 13:29:21 UTC

http://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/a571a9947869

Mind the caveats in the README!