static int TranslateKey(UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam,
			unsigned char *output) {
    BYTE keystate[256];
    int  scan, left_alt = 0, key_down, shift_state;
    int  r, i, code;
    unsigned char * p = output;

    HKL kbd_layout = GetKeyboardLayout(0);

    static WORD keys[3];
    static int compose_char = 0;
    static WPARAM compose_key = 0;
    
    r = GetKeyboardState(keystate);
    if (!r) memset(keystate, 0, sizeof(keystate));
    else
    {
#if 0
       {  /* Tell us all about key events */
	  static BYTE oldstate[256];

	     case VK_MENU:    debug(("ALT")); break;
	     default:         debug(("VK_%02x", wParam));
	     }
	     if(message == WM_SYSKEYDOWN || message == WM_SYSKEYUP)
		debug(("*"));
	     debug((", S%02x", scan=(HIWORD(lParam) & 0xFF) ));

	     ch = MapVirtualKeyEx(wParam, 2, kbd_layout);
	     if (ch>=' ' && ch<='~') debug((", '%c'", ch));
	     else if (ch)            debug((", $%02x", ch));

	     if (keys[0]) debug((", KB0=%02x", keys[0]));
	     if (keys[1]) debug((", KB1=%02x", keys[1]));
	     if (keys[2]) debug((", KB2=%02x", keys[2]));

    {
	BOOL capsOn=keystate[VK_CAPITAL] !=0;

	/* helg: clear CAPS LOCK state if caps lock switches to cyrillic */
	if(cfg.xlat_capslockcyr)
	    keystate[VK_CAPITAL] = 0;

	r = ToAsciiEx(wParam, scan, keystate, keys, 0, kbd_layout);
	if(r>0)
	{
	    p = output;
	    for(i=0; i<r; i++)
	    {
		unsigned char ch = (unsigned char)keys[i];