From 139637e8bbbffb0aed36bc6ad4dbeb2f731d3ea8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: codeanticode <andres.colubri@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 20:44:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Handling coded keys in NEWT

---
 core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java b/core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java
index ba7c0bb96..82efeabc7 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java
@@ -3292,9 +3292,16 @@ public class PGL {
                        InputEvent.META_MASK |
                        InputEvent.ALT_MASK);
 
+    char keyChar;
+    if ((int)nativeEvent.getKeyChar() == 0) {
+      keyChar = PConstants.CODED;
+    } else {
+      keyChar = nativeEvent.getKeyChar();
+    }
+
     KeyEvent ke = new KeyEvent(nativeEvent, nativeEvent.getWhen(),
                                peAction, peModifiers,
-                               nativeEvent.getKeyChar(),
+                               keyChar,
                                nativeEvent.getKeyCode());
 
     pg.parent.postEvent(ke);