gistfile1.m

//---------------------------------------------------------- 
// SRCharacterForKeyCodeAndCocoaFlags()
//----------------------------------------------------------
NSString *SRCharacterForKeyCodeAndCocoaFlags(NSInteger keyCode, NSUInteger cocoaFlags) {
	// Fall back to string based on key code:
#define	FailWithNaiveString SRStringForKeyCode(keyCode)
	
	UCKeyboardLayout    *uchrData = nil;
	UInt32              deadKeyState;
//  OSStatus err = noErr;
  CFLocaleRef locale = CFLocaleCopyCurrent();
	[(id)locale autorelease]; // Autorelease here so that it gets released no matter what
	
	CFMutableStringRef resultString;
  TISInputSourceRef  inputSource = TISCopyCurrentKeyboardLayoutInputSource();
  
  if (inputSource) {
    CFDataRef uchrDataRef = TISGetInputSourceProperty(inputSource, kTISPropertyUnicodeKeyLayoutData);
    
    if(uchrDataRef) {
      uchrData = (UCKeyboardLayout*)CFDataGetBytePtr(uchrDataRef);
    }
    
    CFRelease(inputSource);    
	}
  
  EventModifiers modifiers = 0;
  if (cocoaFlags & NSAlternateKeyMask)	modifiers |= optionKey;
  if (cocoaFlags & NSShiftKeyMask)		modifiers |= shiftKey;
  UniCharCount maxStringLength = 4, actualStringLength;
  UniChar unicodeString[4];
  // err = 
  UCKeyTranslate( uchrData, (UInt16)keyCode, kUCKeyActionDisplay, modifiers, LMGetKbdType(), kUCKeyTranslateNoDeadKeysBit, &deadKeyState, maxStringLength, &actualStringLength, unicodeString );
  CFStringRef temp = CFStringCreateWithCharacters(kCFAllocatorDefault, unicodeString, 1);
  resultString = CFStringCreateMutableCopy(kCFAllocatorDefault, 0,temp);
  
  if (temp) CFRelease(temp);
  
	CFStringCapitalize(resultString, locale);
	
	return (NSString *)resultString;
}