Re: How to recognize keyboard insertion?

[David De La Harpe Golden]

Turning on arabic layout and using keypresses "ABCD(5+4)*96EF" i.e. 
pressing a then b then c then d then Shift-0 (so generating code for
"(" not ")", remembering the arabic layout has them reversed) then 5 
then + then 4 then Shift-9 (so code ")" not "(") then * then 9 then 6 
then e then f. And now using "(" and ")" to indicate  displayed 
orientation not underlying code:

-!- is cursor:

icedove / kmail / openoffice all do:

-!-
-!-A
-!-BA
-!-CBA
-!-DCBA
DCBA(-!-
5-!-)DCBA
5)DCBA+-!-
4-!-+5)DCBA
4+5)DCBA)-!-
4+5)DCBA)*-!-
9-!-*(4+5)DCBA
96-!-*(4+5)DCBA
-!-E96*(4+5)DCBA
-!-FE96*(4+5)DCBA