Pythonwin 132: Letters with Umlaut cause problems

[Wolfgang Strobl]

"Neil Hodgson" <neilh at scintilla.org> wrote:

>  if key == 220:
>   return 1

>   This avoids calling win32ui.TranslateVirtualKey for the "^" key. 

This helps. Many thanks!

>More
>tests may be needed for other accent characters or other locales.

if key == 220 or key == 221: 
 return 1

is sufficient for the German keyboard locale IMHO, it disables the other
special key, on the other side of the keyboard, left to the backspace
key, too.  That key is labeled "´" and "`" on the German keyboard.


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