Problem with Keymaps

Question

Hi,
I got a problem with a user-defined keymap. Here is a fragment of my code:
for (int i = 0; i <= 1; i++) {
keymap[i] = textField.addKeymap("Bindings" + i, textField.getKeymap());
prepare_keymap(i);
textField.setKeymap(keymap[actKeymap]);
private static void prepare_keymap(int which) {
if (which == 0) {
set_keymap(which, KeyEvent.VK_A, 0, "urga", "\u0627");
set_keymap(which, KeyEvent.VK_A, Event.ALT_MASK, "Alt-A", "\u0625");
set_keymap(which, 65, Event.CTRL_MASK, "Ctrl-A", "\u0623");
set_keymap(which, KeyEvent.VK_A, Event.CTRL_MASK + Event.ALT_MASK, "Ctrl-Alt-a", "\u064E");
else if (which == 1) {
set_keymap(which, KeyEvent.VK_A, Event.ALT_MASK, "Alt-A", "\u0101");
private static void set_keymap(int which, int keyEvent, int eventMask, String name, final String code) {
KeyStroke ks = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(keyEvent, eventMask);
Action act = new TextAction(name) {
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
          getTextComponent(e).replaceSelection(code);
     keymap[which].addActionForKeyStroke(ks, act);
The strange thing that happens is: when I press the key "A" WITH metakeys everything works fine, BUT when I press the key "A" WITHOUT any metakeys,
I get the specified unicode character AND (!!!) an "a".
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Dieter

Answer 1

Does sound like a programming oversight - I would suggest using the feedback link under the Mac OS X tab here at Apple's website. If is an OS level service setting that should be easy enough to fix - if it is an application level issue then every affected app would need to be updated.