Keyboard Layout broken again! (0.80.0-dev)

[nalquas]

I compiled a version of 0.80.0-dev for myself. While I see a significant performance boost compared to 0.70.6, I'm sad to see that the keyboard layout is broken - again!

I'm using a German QWERTZ keybaord. While Y and Z are correctly mapped, every symbol appears to be mapped to QWERTY.
In case it is relevant: I cloned and compiled this version 28.09.2018, 13:02 UTC.

Again, this problem did not appear in 0.60.3 or 0.70.6.
Please fix this issue. It will be impossible to use TIC-80 like this.

[nesbox]

Yes, I added an ugly keyboard fix in 0.70.6 just to release build. The fix was removed in .80 and I'm thinking how to do it better...

[JasonNumberThirteen]

BTW, why there are no "tasks to complete" in 0.80 milestone?

[nesbox]

@JasonNumberThirteen will add tasks soon

[Jummit]

We need it sooner. Its unusable for some people now!

[farvardin]

I don't know if it's the same issue, but on azerty (French) keyboard, while 0.70 version is ok (azerty is ok and 123456 can be reached with the "shift" key), in 0.80 which I've compiled on linux, 123456 are directly accessible (without the shift modifier, like on qwerty), and some useful symbols, such as dot ("."), are not accessible at all.
Is it an SDL issue?

[Kalekki]

0.80.0-dev is unusable for Nordic keyboard layout, since basic symbols such as + or / are impossible to type. It also seems sokol version seems to have different layout to the default buggy one too.

[farvardin]

@nesbox How could we help you to fix this issue? For my part I'm coding with an external editor, so it's rather OK, but when I need to save under a new name, there is no dot so I have to fiddle with setxkbmap to enter the proper name. Maybe #889 would be the best to have a proper key layout.

[nesbox]

@farvardin yes, you could setup keyboard/gamepad mapping with KEYCONFIG
we just need to implement it :)

[farvardin]

would it be possible to reuse the previous KEYMAP command?

[nesbox]

yes, but it worked with gamepad only, without keyboard support

[asexto]

This is an important bug for a lot of non-English people. I also can hardly use TIC-80 from Linux because the keyboard layout is incorrect (I use a Spanish keyboard). It's a pity, because TIC-80 is a very nice console but this is a real PITA while programming. It forces me be more focused on the keys location than in coding.