16. The computer system of claim 12 , wherein said input manager is further configured to communicate said code to one or more applications when none of the text converters are interested in processing said user input event.
12. A computer system for processing a user input event having a code associated therewith, the system comprising: one or more text converting components; one or more applications; and an input manager configured to interact with said one or more text convening components and said one or more applications, wherein said input manager is configured to receive notification of an input event, said notification including the associated code, and wherein said input manager is further configured to prevent said one or more applications from handling said input event by providing a sentinel value indicating a pending text event to the one or more applications when said one or more text converting components are interested in performing a conversion action with respect to said input event, wherein said input manager is further configured to receive from an application a specific request associated with said sentinel value to disclose said code, wherein said request is generated by the application incident to the application recognizing that said sentinel value represents a type of input event that is capable of being processed by said application, wherein said input manager is further configured to reveal said code to said application in response to said request to disclose said code.