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-rw-r--r--common/keyboard.h5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/common/keyboard.h b/common/keyboard.h
index e6db086598..f9e94e6656 100644
--- a/common/keyboard.h
+++ b/common/keyboard.h
@@ -248,7 +248,10 @@ struct KeyState {
* ASCII-value of the pressed key (if any).
* This depends on modifiers, i.e. pressing the 'A' key results in
* different values here depending on the status of shift, alt and
- * caps lock.
+ * caps lock. This should be used rather than keycode for text input
+ * to avoid keyboard layout issues. For example you cannot assume that
+ * KEYCODE_0 without a modifier will be '0' (on AZERTY keyboards it is
+ * not).
*/
uint16 ascii;