Terry J. Reedy added the comment:
What makes IDLE different from other desktop apps is that is it written in
Python, uses the tkinter wrapping of cross-platform tcl/tk, and allows users to
customize nearly all hotkey shortcuts. But tk only allows Ascii chars, with
modifiers, for hotkeys. T
Constantine Ketskalo added the comment:
Impossible... Yea, right...
Will documenting it help to solve it?
If that's impossible, then how do other programs deal with it? What does make
Python so special?
I still don't see anything impossible. If other programs can do it but Python
IDLE can't do
Terry J. Reedy added the comment:
I obtained more info on the Japanese IME. It has 2 modes of operation:
'romanji' and 'kana'. In romanji mode, one types the ascii transliteration of
the syllabic chars. When one types type the syllable vowel , the program
replaces the sequence of 1 to 3 asc
Constantine Ketskalo added the comment:
Bug is not in Python? Then where? Windows?
- I assume that the alt menu shortcuts work...
- NO! And I've written that before as well! Alt + combinations don't work
neither with
cyrillic!
- Does it affect all Cyrillic IMEs?
- Yes, I've written that befo
Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:
Yes, it affects all Cyrillic layouts, as well as Greek and other alphabetical
systems. It also affects layouts for Western-European languages with keys for
accented characters. Different Cyrillic keyboards have different characters on
the same key, but I don
Terry J. Reedy added the comment:
Constantine: the point of checking the behavior of the Japanese IME was to
determine whether there is a problem with all IMEs or just some. Since Ctrl +
the 2nd key from the left on the bottom row (marked 'X') invokes 'Delete' in
both American and Japanese en
