gdk: Remove gdk_event_get_string()

You want to use an IM module to get strings out of keypresses, not some
crude hack that only works on X11 and Wayland anyway.

docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-sections.txt

@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ gdk_event_get_key_is_modifier
 gdk_event_get_pad_axis_value
 gdk_event_get_pad_button
 gdk_event_get_pad_group_mode
-gdk_event_get_string
 gdk_event_get_touch_emulating_pointer
 gdk_event_get_touchpad_angle_delta
 gdk_event_get_touchpad_deltas

gdk/gdkevents.c

@@ -1293,37 +1293,6 @@ gdk_event_get_key_group (const GdkEvent *event,
   return fetched;
 }
 
-/**
- * gdk_event_get_string:
- * @event: a #GdkEvent
- * @string: (out) (transfer none): return location for the string
- *
- * Extracts a string from an event. The string is an
- * approximation of the keyval in a key event.
- *
- * Returns: %TRUE on success, otherwise %FALSE
- **/
-gboolean
-gdk_event_get_string (const GdkEvent  *event,
-                      const char     **string)
-{
-  gboolean fetched = TRUE;
-
-  switch ((guint) event->any.type)
-    {
-    case GDK_KEY_PRESS:
-    case GDK_KEY_RELEASE:
-      *string = event->key.string;
-      break;
-    default:
-      *string = NULL;
-      fetched = FALSE;
-      break;
-    }
-
-  return fetched;
-}
-
 /**
  * gdk_event_get_key_is_modifier:
  * @event: a #GdkEvent

gdk/gdkevents.h

@@ -403,9 +403,6 @@ gboolean  gdk_event_get_key_is_modifier (const GdkEvent *event,
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gboolean  gdk_event_get_key_group       (const GdkEvent *event,
                                          guint          *group);
-GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-gboolean  gdk_event_get_string          (const GdkEvent  *event,
-                                         const char     **string);
 
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gboolean gdk_event_get_scroll_direction (const GdkEvent *event,

gtk/a11y/gtkaccessibilityutil.c

@@ -116,13 +116,11 @@ atk_key_event_from_gdk_event_key (GdkEventKey       *key,
   GdkModifierType state;
   guint keyval;
   guint16 keycode;
-  const char *string;
 
   type = gdk_event_get_event_type ((GdkEvent *)key);
   gdk_event_get_state ((GdkEvent *)key, &state);
   gdk_event_get_keyval ((GdkEvent *)key, &keyval);
   gdk_event_get_keycode ((GdkEvent *)key, &keycode);
-  gdk_event_get_string ((GdkEvent *)key, &string);
 
   if (type == GDK_KEY_PRESS)
     event->type = ATK_KEY_EVENT_PRESS;
@@ -133,14 +131,8 @@ atk_key_event_from_gdk_event_key (GdkEventKey       *key,
 
   event->state = state;
   event->keyval = keyval;
-  if (string && string[0] &&
+  event->string = gdk_keyval_name (keyval);
-      (state & GDK_CONTROL_MASK ||
+  event->length = strlen (event->string);
-       g_unichar_isgraph (g_utf8_get_char (string))))
-    event->string = (char *) string;
-  else
-    event->string = gdk_keyval_name (keyval);
-
-  event->length = strlen (string);
   event->keycode = keycode;
   event->timestamp = gdk_event_get_time ((GdkEvent *)key);
 }

gtk/gtkfilechooserwidget.c

@@ -1281,7 +1281,8 @@ key_is_left_or_right (const GdkEvent *event)
 static gboolean
 should_trigger_location_entry (GtkFileChooserWidget *impl,
                                guint                 keyval,
-                               GdkModifierType       state)
+                               GdkModifierType       state,
+                               const char          **string)
 {
   GdkModifierType no_text_input_mask;
 
@@ -1291,16 +1292,27 @@ should_trigger_location_entry (GtkFileChooserWidget *impl,
   no_text_input_mask =
     gtk_widget_get_modifier_mask (GTK_WIDGET (impl), GDK_MODIFIER_INTENT_NO_TEXT_INPUT);
 
-  if ((keyval == GDK_KEY_slash
+  if (state & no_text_input_mask)
-       || keyval == GDK_KEY_KP_Divide
+    return FALSE;
-       || keyval == GDK_KEY_period
-#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
-       || keyval == GDK_KEY_asciitilde
-#endif
-       ) && !(state & no_text_input_mask))
-    return TRUE;
 
-  return FALSE;
+  switch (keyval)
+    {
+    case GDK_KEY_slash:
+    case GDK_KEY_KP_Divide:
+      *string = "/";
+      return TRUE;
+
+    case GDK_KEY_period:
+      *string = ".";
+      return TRUE;
+
+    case GDK_KEY_asciitilde:
+      *string = "~";
+      return TRUE;
+
+    default:
+      return FALSE;
+    }
 }
 
 /* Handles key press events on the file list, so that we can trap Enter to
@@ -1317,16 +1329,14 @@ key_press_cb (GtkEventController *controller,
   GtkFileChooserWidget *impl = (GtkFileChooserWidget *) data;
   GtkFileChooserWidgetPrivate *priv = impl->priv;
   const GdkEvent *event;
+  const char *string;
 
   event = gtk_get_current_event ();
 
-  if (should_trigger_location_entry (impl, keyval, state) &&
+  if (should_trigger_location_entry (impl, keyval, state, &string) &&
       (priv->action == GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN ||
        priv->action == GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER))
     {
-      const char *string;
-
-      gdk_event_get_string ((GdkEvent *)event, &string);
       location_popup_handler (impl, string);
       return GDK_EVENT_STOP;
     }
@@ -1388,17 +1398,15 @@ widget_key_press_cb (GtkEventController *controller,
   GtkFileChooserWidgetPrivate *priv = impl->priv;
   gboolean handled = FALSE;
   GdkEvent *event;
+  const char *string;
 
   event = gtk_get_current_event ();
 
-  if (should_trigger_location_entry (impl, keyval, state))
+  if (should_trigger_location_entry (impl, keyval, state, &string))
     {
       if (priv->action == GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN ||
           priv->action == GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER)
         {
-          const char *string;
-
-          gdk_event_get_string (event, &string);
           location_popup_handler (impl, string);
           handled = TRUE;
         }