function send_string(content) {
        var sent_text = "";

        for (var i=0; i<content.length; i++) {
            var codepoint = content.charCodeAt(i);
            if (codepoint !== GuacUI.Client.TEXT_INPUT_PADDING_CODEPOINT) {
                sent_text += String.fromCharCode(codepoint);
                send_codepoint(codepoint);
            }
        }

        // Display the text that was sent
        var notify_sent = GuacUI.createChildElement(GuacUI.Client.text_input.sent, "div", "sent-text");
        notify_sent.textContent = sent_text;

        // Remove text after one second
        window.setTimeout(function __remove_notify_sent() {
            notify_sent.parentNode.removeChild(notify_sent);
        }, 1000);

    }
Translates each character within the given string to keysyms and sends
each, in order, as if typed by the user.

@param {String} content The string to send.