Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!unido!pcsbst!me
From: me@dude.pcs.com (Michael Elbel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Translation Problem
Message-ID: <ME.90Jun8125711@dude.pcs.com>
Date: 8 Jun 90 11:57:11 GMT
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Organization: PCS Computer Systems, GmbH
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I have the following translation table:

     foo.Translations: \n\
     <Key>Meta_L,<Key>a,<Key>b: special-action()\n\
     <Key>:                     default-action()

I'd expect the default-action to trigger every time I hit a key
except for the sequence 'Meta_L, a, b', where the special-action should
be called.

However, the default-action does not get called when I hit 'a' or 'b'
without a leading 'Meta_L'. I have to change the translation table to:

     foo.Translations: \n\
     <Key>Meta_L,<Key>a,<Key>b: special-action()\n\
     <Key>a:                    default-action()\n\
     <Key>b:                    default-action()\n\
     <Key>:                     default-action()

to get the desired result.

Is this a problem or am I misinterpreting the Intrinsics document if I 
expect to have the less specific translation called on events that are
subparts of the more specific one?

Michael
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 me@dude.PCS.COM 	|  forgot it in the rush this morning