From 7fae65962bcb8ca3d6c087de7c747af292f64bf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Pavel <jpavel@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 15:21:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Automatically type untypeable characters

---
 js/guided-typing.mjs | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/js/guided-typing.mjs b/js/guided-typing.mjs
index 7e91919..57b1536 100644
--- a/js/guided-typing.mjs
+++ b/js/guided-typing.mjs
@@ -125,7 +125,14 @@ function processTextInput(textarea, expandedText, successCheck, keyboard) {
             textarea.style.removeProperty("color");
             successCheck.style.removeProperty("display");
             const nextChar = expandedText[t.length];
-            keyboard.highlightKeysForChar(nextChar);
+            const keys = keyboard.keysForChar(nextChar);
+            if (keys.length)  // the keyboard can produce this character
+                keyboard.highlightKeys(keys);
+            else  // type it for the user
+                setTimeout(() => {
+                    textarea.value += nextChar;
+                    processTextInput(textarea, expandedText, successCheck, keyboard);
+                }, 250);
         }
     }
 }