Tkinter international bind

Question

Is there a way in Tkinter to bind a combination of keys that will work in all keyboard layouts? (bind by scancode)

For example, I need \'Control-Z\' bin

Answer 1

What I'm primarily interested in is Russian layout in Windows.

The quick and dirty workaround I currently use is:

import Tkinter

def copy(event):
    print 'Ctrl-C'

root = Tkinter.Tk()
root.bind('', copy)
root.mainloop()

which could potentially lead to a conflict with actual ntilde> in some other language.

It could be overcome if I could determine which layout is currently active, thus second question: Tkinter determine keyboard layout.

Another drawback is that due to 'universal' treatment of modifier keys it also fires when I press Ctrl-Alt-V, but that's another story as it applies to English layout as well.