Fix key handling bug 1268

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 35 deletions

diff --git a/noncore/comm/keypebble/krfbdecoder.cpp b/noncore/comm/keypebble/krfbdecoder.cpp
index 2c9ad71..db95154 100644
--- a/noncore/comm/keypebble/krfbdecoder.cpp
+++ b/noncore/comm/keypebble/krfbdecoder.cpp
@@ -798,44 +798,33 @@ void KRFBDecoder::sendKeyReleaseEvent( QKeyEvent *event )
 }
 
 
+
+
+//
+// The RFB protocol spec says 'For most ordinary keys, the 'keysym'
+// is the same as the corresponding ASCII value.', but doesn't
+// elaborate what the most ordinary keys are.  The spec also lists
+// a set (possibly subset, it's unspecified) of mappings for
+// "other common keys" (backspace, tab, return, escape, etc).
+//
 int KRFBDecoder::toKeySym( QKeyEvent *k )
 {
-  int ke = 0;
-
-  ke = k->ascii();
-  // Markus: Crappy hack. I dont know why lower case letters are
-  // not defined in qkeydefs.h. The key() for e.g. 'l' == 'L'. 
-  // This sucks. :-(
-
-  if ( (ke == 'a') || (ke == 'b') || (ke == 'c') || (ke == 'd') 
-       || (ke == 'e') || (ke == 'f') || (ke == 'g') || (ke == 'h')
-       || (ke == 'i') || (ke == 'j') || (ke == 'k') || (ke == 'l')
-       || (ke == 'm') || (ke == 'n') || (ke == 'o') || (ke == 'p')
-       || (ke == 'q') || (ke == 'r') || (ke == 's') || (ke == 't')
-       || (ke == 'u') || (ke == 'v') ||( ke == 'w') || (ke == 'x')
-       || (ke == 'y') || (ke == 'z') ) {
-    ke = k->key();
-    ke = ke + 0x20;
-    return ke;
-  }
-
-  // qkeydefs = xkeydefs! :-)
-  if ( ( k->key() >= 0x0a0 ) && k->key() <= 0x0ff )
-      return k->key();
-
-  if ( ( k->key() >= 0x20 ) && ( k->key() <= 0x7e ) )
-    return k->key();
-  
-  // qkeydefs != xkeydefs! :-(
-  // This is gonna suck :-(
-
-  int i = 0;
-  while ( keyMap[i].keycode ) {
-    if ( k->key() == keyMap[i].keycode )
+
+    //
+    // Try and map these "other common keys" first.
+    //
+    if ((k->key() >= Qt::Key_Escape) && (k->key() <= Qt::Key_F12)) {
+	for(int i = 0; keyMap[i].keycode != 0; i++) {
+	    if (k->key() == keyMap[i].keycode) {
 	return keyMap[i].keysym;
-    i++;
   }
-
-  return 0;
+	}
 }
 
+    //
+    // If these keys aren't matched, return the ascii code and let the
+    // server figure it out.  We don't return k->key(), as the data in
+    // key differs between input methods, and we don't want special cases.
+    //
+    return k->ascii();
+}