Name: yyT116575 Date: 06/26/2001


java version "1.3.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-b24)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1-b24, mixed mode)

Japanese keyboards have two keys which both produce a backslash character.
Usually, one is labeled with a yen symbol, and the other with a normal
backslash. Pressing shift, however, produces different results. Pressing
shift with the yen key will produce a pipe symbol, while the other will
produce an underscore.

Currently, with the Robot class, if a Japanese keyboard user does

Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SLASH);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);

The output will be a pipe character. KeyEvent does not distinguish between the
two backslash keys, so it seems impossible to enter an underscore.

Suggestion: add a KeyEvent.VK_YEN, pressing shift should return a pipe for it.
Then VK_BACKSLASH should return underscore with shift.
(Review ID: 127361)
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