COCO3 not able to add SHIFTed characters as input

[jjarrell]

When running your program, is there a particular reason you can not INPUT characters that are shifted? For example, SHIFT 3 to get the # sign as part of your input. It defaults to the non-shifted character. If I try to enter SHIFT+3, I get 3 instead of # for the input command.

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CLS
INPUT "ENTER SOME TEXT: ",someText
REM trying to enter SHIFT+3 just shows up as 3
PRINT someText

[spotlessmind1975]

Hi jjarrell and thank you for your kind bug report!

When running your program, is there a particular reason you can not INPUT characters that are shifted?

The main reason is that ugBASIC interfaces directly with the keyboard hardware, reading its matrix. This is done to ensure low response times, and to read multiple keys at once (useful for characters' movements). The association between key and letter belongs, in theory, to a higher level. The INPUT instruction provides a first-order translation between the hardware key and the corresponding letter. Shift management is a second-order management, which is usually delegated to the operating system. However, I have opened a ticket to handle this task, as soon as possible.

Thank you again!

[jjarrell]

Thanks for the update.