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| 3 ><TITLE | |
| 4 >Handling the Keyboard</TITLE | |
| 5 ><META | |
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| 0 | 8 "><LINK |
| 9 REL="HOME" | |
| 10 TITLE="SDL Library Documentation" | |
| 11 HREF="index.html"><LINK | |
| 12 REL="UP" | |
| 13 TITLE="Input handling" | |
| 14 HREF="guideinput.html"><LINK | |
| 15 REL="PREVIOUS" | |
| 16 TITLE="Input handling" | |
| 17 HREF="guideinput.html"><LINK | |
| 18 REL="NEXT" | |
| 19 TITLE="Examples" | |
| 20 HREF="guideexamples.html"></HEAD | |
| 21 ><BODY | |
| 22 CLASS="SECT1" | |
| 23 BGCOLOR="#FFF8DC" | |
| 24 TEXT="#000000" | |
| 25 LINK="#0000ee" | |
| 26 VLINK="#551a8b" | |
| 27 ALINK="#ff0000" | |
| 28 ><DIV | |
| 29 CLASS="NAVHEADER" | |
| 30 ><TABLE | |
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| 0 | 32 WIDTH="100%" |
| 33 BORDER="0" | |
| 34 CELLPADDING="0" | |
| 35 CELLSPACING="0" | |
| 36 ><TR | |
| 37 ><TH | |
| 38 COLSPAN="3" | |
| 39 ALIGN="center" | |
| 40 >SDL Library Documentation</TH | |
| 41 ></TR | |
| 42 ><TR | |
| 43 ><TD | |
| 44 WIDTH="10%" | |
| 45 ALIGN="left" | |
| 46 VALIGN="bottom" | |
| 47 ><A | |
| 48 HREF="guideinput.html" | |
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| 0 | 50 >Prev</A |
| 51 ></TD | |
| 52 ><TD | |
| 53 WIDTH="80%" | |
| 54 ALIGN="center" | |
| 55 VALIGN="bottom" | |
| 56 >Chapter 3. Input handling</TD | |
| 57 ><TD | |
| 58 WIDTH="10%" | |
| 59 ALIGN="right" | |
| 60 VALIGN="bottom" | |
| 61 ><A | |
| 62 HREF="guideexamples.html" | |
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| 0 | 64 >Next</A |
| 65 ></TD | |
| 66 ></TR | |
| 67 ></TABLE | |
| 68 ><HR | |
| 69 ALIGN="LEFT" | |
| 70 WIDTH="100%"></DIV | |
| 71 ><DIV | |
| 72 CLASS="SECT1" | |
| 73 ><H1 | |
| 74 CLASS="SECT1" | |
| 75 ><A | |
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| 80 CLASS="SECT2" | |
| 81 ><H2 | |
| 82 CLASS="SECT2" | |
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86 >Keyboard Related Structures</H2 |
| 0 | 87 ><P |
| 88 >It should make it a lot easier to understand this tutorial is you are familiar with the data types involved in keyboard access, so I'll explain them first.</P | |
| 89 ><DIV | |
| 90 CLASS="SECT3" | |
| 91 ><H3 | |
| 92 CLASS="SECT3" | |
| 93 ><A | |
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| 0 | 97 ><P |
| 98 ><SPAN | |
| 99 CLASS="STRUCTNAME" | |
| 100 >SDLKey</SPAN | |
| 101 > is an enumerated type defined in SDL/include/SDL_keysym.h and detailed <A | |
| 102 HREF="sdlkey.html" | |
| 103 >here</A | |
| 104 >. Each <SPAN | |
| 105 CLASS="STRUCTNAME" | |
| 106 >SDLKey</SPAN | |
| 107 > symbol represents a key, <TT | |
| 108 CLASS="LITERAL" | |
| 109 >SDLK_a</TT | |
| 110 > corresponds to the 'a' key on a keyboard, <TT | |
| 111 CLASS="LITERAL" | |
| 112 >SDLK_SPACE</TT | |
| 113 > corresponds to the space bar, and so on.</P | |
| 114 ></DIV | |
| 115 ><DIV | |
| 116 CLASS="SECT3" | |
| 117 ><H3 | |
| 118 CLASS="SECT3" | |
| 119 ><A | |
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| 124 >SDLMod is an enumerated type, similar to <SPAN | |
| 125 CLASS="STRUCTNAME" | |
| 126 >SDLKey</SPAN | |
| 127 >, however it enumerates keyboard modifiers (Control, Alt, Shift). The full list of modifier symbols is <A | |
| 128 HREF="sdlkey.html#SDLMOD" | |
| 129 >here</A | |
| 130 >. <SPAN | |
| 131 CLASS="STRUCTNAME" | |
| 132 >SDLMod</SPAN | |
| 133 > values can be AND'd together to represent several modifiers.</P | |
| 134 ></DIV | |
| 135 ><DIV | |
| 136 CLASS="SECT3" | |
| 137 ><H3 | |
| 138 CLASS="SECT3" | |
| 139 ><A | |
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142 >SDL_keysym</H3 |
| 0 | 143 ><PRE |
| 144 CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" | |
| 145 >typedef struct{ | |
| 146 Uint8 scancode; | |
| 147 SDLKey sym; | |
| 148 SDLMod mod; | |
| 149 Uint16 unicode; | |
| 150 } SDL_keysym;</PRE | |
| 151 ><P | |
| 152 >The <SPAN | |
| 153 CLASS="STRUCTNAME" | |
| 154 >SDL_keysym</SPAN | |
| 155 > structure describes a key press or a key release. The <TT | |
| 156 CLASS="STRUCTFIELD" | |
| 157 ><I | |
| 158 >scancode</I | |
| 159 ></TT | |
| 160 > field is hardware specific and should be ignored unless you know what your doing. The <TT | |
| 161 CLASS="STRUCTFIELD" | |
| 162 ><I | |
| 163 >sym</I | |
| 164 ></TT | |
| 165 > field is the <SPAN | |
| 166 CLASS="STRUCTNAME" | |
| 167 >SDLKey</SPAN | |
| 168 > value of the key being pressed or released. The <TT | |
| 169 CLASS="STRUCTFIELD" | |
| 170 ><I | |
| 171 >mod</I | |
| 172 ></TT | |
| 173 > field describes the state of the keyboard modifiers at the time the key press or release occurred. So a value of <TT | |
| 174 CLASS="LITERAL" | |
| 175 >KMOD_NUM | KMOD_CAPS | KMOD_LSHIFT</TT | |
| 176 > would mean that Numlock, Capslock and the left shift key were all press (or enabled in the case of the lock keys). Finally, the <TT | |
| 177 CLASS="STRUCTFIELD" | |
| 178 ><I | |
| 179 >unicode</I | |
| 180 ></TT | |
| 181 > field stores the 16-bit unicode value of the key.</P | |
| 182 ><DIV | |
| 183 CLASS="NOTE" | |
| 184 ><BLOCKQUOTE | |
| 185 CLASS="NOTE" | |
| 186 ><P | |
| 187 ><B | |
| 188 >Note: </B | |
| 189 >It should be noted and understood that this field is only valid when the <SPAN | |
| 190 CLASS="STRUCTNAME" | |
| 191 >SDL_keysym</SPAN | |
| 192 > is describing a key press, not a key release. Unicode values only make sense on a key press because the unicode value describes an international character and only key presses produce characters. More information on Unicode can be found at <A | |
| 193 HREF="http://www.unicode.org" | |
| 194 TARGET="_top" | |
| 195 >www.unicode.org</A | |
| 196 ></P | |
| 197 ></BLOCKQUOTE | |
| 198 ></DIV | |
| 199 ><DIV | |
| 200 CLASS="NOTE" | |
| 201 ><BLOCKQUOTE | |
| 202 CLASS="NOTE" | |
| 203 ><P | |
| 204 ><B | |
| 205 >Note: </B | |
| 206 >Unicode translation must be enabled using the <A | |
| 207 HREF="sdlenableunicode.html" | |
| 208 ><TT | |
| 209 CLASS="FUNCTION" | |
| 210 >SDL_EnableUNICODE</TT | |
| 211 ></A | |
| 212 > function.</P | |
| 213 ></BLOCKQUOTE | |
| 214 ></DIV | |
| 215 ></DIV | |
| 216 ><DIV | |
| 217 CLASS="SECT3" | |
| 218 ><H3 | |
| 219 CLASS="SECT3" | |
| 220 ><A | |
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| 225 CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" | |
| 226 >typedef struct{ | |
| 227 Uint8 type; | |
| 228 Uint8 state; | |
| 229 SDL_keysym keysym; | |
| 230 } SDL_KeyboardEvent;</PRE | |
| 231 ><P | |
| 232 >The <SPAN | |
| 233 CLASS="STRUCTNAME" | |
| 234 >SDL_KeyboardEvent</SPAN | |
| 235 > describes a keyboard event (obviously). The <TT | |
| 236 CLASS="STRUCTFIELD" | |
| 237 ><I | |
| 238 >key</I | |
| 239 ></TT | |
| 240 > member of the <A | |
| 241 HREF="sdlevent.html" | |
| 242 ><SPAN | |
| 243 CLASS="STRUCTNAME" | |
| 244 >SDL_Event</SPAN | |
| 245 ></A | |
| 246 > union is a <SPAN | |
| 247 CLASS="STRUCTNAME" | |
| 248 >SDL_KeyboardEvent</SPAN | |
| 249 > structure. The <TT | |
| 250 CLASS="STRUCTFIELD" | |
| 251 ><I | |
| 252 >type</I | |
| 253 ></TT | |
| 254 > field specifies whether the event is a key release (<TT | |
| 255 CLASS="LITERAL" | |
| 256 >SDL_KEYUP</TT | |
| 257 >) or a key press (<TT | |
| 258 CLASS="LITERAL" | |
| 259 >SDL_KEYDOWN</TT | |
| 260 >) event. The <TT | |
| 261 CLASS="STRUCTFIELD" | |
| 262 ><I | |
| 263 >state</I | |
| 264 ></TT | |
| 265 > is largely redundant, it reports the same information as the <TT | |
| 266 CLASS="STRUCTFIELD" | |
| 267 ><I | |
| 268 >type</I | |
| 269 ></TT | |
| 270 > field but uses different values (<TT | |
| 271 CLASS="LITERAL" | |
| 272 >SDL_RELEASED</TT | |
| 273 > and <TT | |
| 274 CLASS="LITERAL" | |
| 275 >SDL_PRESSED</TT | |
| 276 >). The <TT | |
| 277 CLASS="STRUCTFIELD" | |
| 278 ><I | |
| 279 >keysym</I | |
| 280 ></TT | |
| 281 > contains information of the key press or release that this event represents (see above).</P | |
| 282 ></DIV | |
| 283 ></DIV | |
| 284 ><DIV | |
| 285 CLASS="SECT2" | |
| 286 ><H2 | |
| 287 CLASS="SECT2" | |
| 288 ><A | |
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291 >Reading Keyboard Events</H2 |
| 0 | 292 ><P |
| 293 >Reading keybaord events from the event queue is quite simple (the event queue and using it is described <A | |
| 294 HREF="sdlevent.html" | |
| 295 >here</A | |
| 296 >). We read events using <A | |
| 297 HREF="sdlpollevent.html" | |
| 298 ><TT | |
| 299 CLASS="FUNCTION" | |
| 300 >SDL_PollEvent</TT | |
| 301 ></A | |
| 302 > in a <TT | |
| 303 CLASS="LITERAL" | |
| 304 >while()</TT | |
| 305 > loop and check for <TT | |
| 306 CLASS="LITERAL" | |
| 307 >SDL_KEYUP</TT | |
| 308 > and <TT | |
| 309 CLASS="LITERAL" | |
| 310 >SDL_KEYDOWN</TT | |
| 311 > events using a <TT | |
| 312 CLASS="LITERAL" | |
| 313 >switch</TT | |
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322 >Example 3-10. Reading Keyboard Events</B |
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324 ><PRE |
| 0 | 325 CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" |
| 326 > SDL_Event event; | |
| 327 . | |
| 328 . | |
| 329 /* Poll for events. SDL_PollEvent() returns 0 when there are no */ | |
| 330 /* more events on the event queue, our while loop will exit when */ | |
| 331 /* that occurs. */ | |
| 332 while( SDL_PollEvent( &event ) ){ | |
| 333 /* We are only worried about SDL_KEYDOWN and SDL_KEYUP events */ | |
| 334 switch( event.type ){ | |
| 335 case SDL_KEYDOWN: | |
| 336 printf( "Key press detected\n" ); | |
| 337 break; | |
| 338 | |
| 339 case SDL_KEYUP: | |
| 340 printf( "Key release detected\n" ); | |
| 341 break; | |
| 342 | |
| 343 default: | |
| 344 break; | |
| 345 } | |
| 346 } | |
| 347 . | |
| 348 .</PRE | |
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351 >This is a very basic example. No information about the key press or release is interpreted. We will explore the other extreme out our first full example below - reporting all available information about a keyboard event.</P |
| 0 | 352 ></DIV |
| 353 ><DIV | |
| 354 CLASS="SECT2" | |
| 355 ><H2 | |
| 356 CLASS="SECT2" | |
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360 >A More Detailed Look</H2 |
| 0 | 361 ><P |
| 362 >Before we can read events SDL must be initialised with <A | |
| 363 HREF="sdlinit.html" | |
| 364 ><TT | |
| 365 CLASS="FUNCTION" | |
| 366 >SDL_Init</TT | |
| 367 ></A | |
| 368 > and a video mode must be set using <A | |
| 369 HREF="sdlsetvideomode.html" | |
| 370 ><TT | |
| 371 CLASS="FUNCTION" | |
| 372 >SDL_SetVideoMode</TT | |
| 373 ></A | |
| 374 >. There are, however, two other functions we must use to obtain all the information required. We must enable unicode translation by calling <TT | |
| 375 CLASS="FUNCTION" | |
| 376 >SDL_EnableUNICODE(1)</TT | |
| 377 > and we must convert <SPAN | |
| 378 CLASS="STRUCTNAME" | |
| 379 >SDLKey</SPAN | |
| 380 > values into something printable, using <A | |
| 381 HREF="sdlgetkeyname.html" | |
| 382 ><TT | |
| 383 CLASS="FUNCTION" | |
| 384 >SDL_GetKeyName</TT | |
| 385 ></A | |
| 386 ></P | |
| 387 ><DIV | |
| 388 CLASS="NOTE" | |
| 389 ><BLOCKQUOTE | |
| 390 CLASS="NOTE" | |
| 391 ><P | |
| 392 ><B | |
| 393 >Note: </B | |
| 394 >It is useful to note that unicode values < 0x80 translate directly a characters ASCII value. THis is used in the example below</P | |
| 395 ></BLOCKQUOTE | |
| 396 ></DIV | |
| 397 ><DIV | |
| 398 CLASS="EXAMPLE" | |
| 399 ><A | |
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| 403 ><B | |
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404 >Example 3-11. Interpreting Key Event Information</B |
| 0 | 405 ></P |
| 406 ><PRE | |
| 407 CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" | |
| 408 > #include "SDL.h" | |
| 409 | |
| 410 /* Function Prototypes */ | |
| 411 void PrintKeyInfo( SDL_KeyboardEvent *key ); | |
| 412 void PrintModifiers( SDLMod mod ); | |
| 413 | |
| 414 /* main */ | |
| 415 int main( int argc, char *argv[] ){ | |
| 416 | |
| 417 SDL_Event event; | |
| 418 int quit = 0; | |
| 419 | |
| 420 /* Initialise SDL */ | |
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421 if( SDL_Init( SDL_INIT_VIDEO ) < 0){ |
| 0 | 422 fprintf( stderr, "Could not initialise SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError() ); |
| 423 exit( -1 ); | |
| 424 } | |
| 425 | |
| 426 /* Set a video mode */ | |
| 427 if( !SDL_SetVideoMode( 320, 200, 0, 0 ) ){ | |
| 428 fprintf( stderr, "Could not set video mode: %s\n", SDL_GetError() ); | |
| 429 SDL_Quit(); | |
| 430 exit( -1 ); | |
| 431 } | |
| 432 | |
| 433 /* Enable Unicode translation */ | |
| 434 SDL_EnableUNICODE( 1 ); | |
| 435 | |
| 436 /* Loop until an SDL_QUIT event is found */ | |
| 437 while( !quit ){ | |
| 438 | |
| 439 /* Poll for events */ | |
| 440 while( SDL_PollEvent( &event ) ){ | |
| 441 | |
| 442 switch( event.type ){ | |
| 443 /* Keyboard event */ | |
| 444 /* Pass the event data onto PrintKeyInfo() */ | |
| 445 case SDL_KEYDOWN: | |
| 446 case SDL_KEYUP: | |
| 447 PrintKeyInfo( &event.key ); | |
| 448 break; | |
| 449 | |
| 450 /* SDL_QUIT event (window close) */ | |
| 451 case SDL_QUIT: | |
| 452 quit = 1; | |
| 453 break; | |
| 454 | |
| 455 default: | |
| 456 break; | |
| 457 } | |
| 458 | |
| 459 } | |
| 460 | |
| 461 } | |
| 462 | |
| 463 /* Clean up */ | |
| 464 SDL_Quit(); | |
| 465 exit( 0 ); | |
| 466 } | |
| 467 | |
| 468 /* Print all information about a key event */ | |
| 469 void PrintKeyInfo( SDL_KeyboardEvent *key ){ | |
| 470 /* Is it a release or a press? */ | |
| 471 if( key->type == SDL_KEYUP ) | |
| 472 printf( "Release:- " ); | |
| 473 else | |
| 474 printf( "Press:- " ); | |
| 475 | |
| 476 /* Print the hardware scancode first */ | |
| 477 printf( "Scancode: 0x%02X", key->keysym.scancode ); | |
| 478 /* Print the name of the key */ | |
| 479 printf( ", Name: %s", SDL_GetKeyName( key->keysym.sym ) ); | |
| 480 /* We want to print the unicode info, but we need to make */ | |
| 481 /* sure its a press event first (remember, release events */ | |
| 482 /* don't have unicode info */ | |
| 483 if( key->type == SDL_KEYDOWN ){ | |
| 484 /* If the Unicode value is less than 0x80 then the */ | |
| 485 /* unicode value can be used to get a printable */ | |
| 486 /* representation of the key, using (char)unicode. */ | |
| 487 printf(", Unicode: " ); | |
| 488 if( key->keysym.unicode < 0x80 && key->keysym.unicode > 0 ){ | |
| 489 printf( "%c (0x%04X)", (char)key->keysym.unicode, | |
| 490 key->keysym.unicode ); | |
| 491 } | |
| 492 else{ | |
| 493 printf( "? (0x%04X)", key->keysym.unicode ); | |
| 494 } | |
| 495 } | |
| 496 printf( "\n" ); | |
| 497 /* Print modifier info */ | |
| 498 PrintModifiers( key->keysym.mod ); | |
| 499 } | |
| 500 | |
| 501 /* Print modifier info */ | |
| 502 void PrintModifiers( SDLMod mod ){ | |
| 503 printf( "Modifers: " ); | |
| 504 | |
| 505 /* If there are none then say so and return */ | |
| 506 if( mod == KMOD_NONE ){ | |
| 507 printf( "None\n" ); | |
| 508 return; | |
| 509 } | |
| 510 | |
| 511 /* Check for the presence of each SDLMod value */ | |
| 512 /* This looks messy, but there really isn't */ | |
| 513 /* a clearer way. */ | |
| 514 if( mod & KMOD_NUM ) printf( "NUMLOCK " ); | |
| 515 if( mod & KMOD_CAPS ) printf( "CAPSLOCK " ); | |
| 516 if( mod & KMOD_LCTRL ) printf( "LCTRL " ); | |
| 517 if( mod & KMOD_RCTRL ) printf( "RCTRL " ); | |
| 518 if( mod & KMOD_RSHIFT ) printf( "RSHIFT " ); | |
| 519 if( mod & KMOD_LSHIFT ) printf( "LSHIFT " ); | |
| 520 if( mod & KMOD_RALT ) printf( "RALT " ); | |
| 521 if( mod & KMOD_LALT ) printf( "LALT " ); | |
| 522 if( mod & KMOD_CTRL ) printf( "CTRL " ); | |
| 523 if( mod & KMOD_SHIFT ) printf( "SHIFT " ); | |
| 524 if( mod & KMOD_ALT ) printf( "ALT " ); | |
| 525 printf( "\n" ); | |
| 526 }</PRE | |
| 527 ></DIV | |
| 528 ></DIV | |
| 529 ><DIV | |
| 530 CLASS="SECT2" | |
| 531 ><H2 | |
| 532 CLASS="SECT2" | |
| 533 ><A | |
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| 538 >I have found that people using keyboard events for games and other interactive applications don't always understand one fundemental point.</P | |
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| 543 CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" | |
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| 0 | 551 > take place when a keys state changes from being unpressed to pressed, and vice versa.</P |
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| 0 | 555 <PRE |
| 556 CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" | |
| 557 > /* Alien screen coordinates */ | |
| 558 int alien_x=0, alien_y=0; | |
| 559 . | |
| 560 . | |
| 561 /* Initialise SDL and video modes and all that */ | |
| 562 . | |
| 563 /* Main game loop */ | |
| 564 /* Check for events */ | |
| 565 while( SDL_PollEvent( &event ) ){ | |
| 566 switch( event.type ){ | |
| 567 /* Look for a keypress */ | |
| 568 case SDL_KEYDOWN: | |
| 569 /* Check the SDLKey values and move change the coords */ | |
| 570 switch( event.key.keysym.sym ){ | |
| 571 case SDLK_LEFT: | |
| 572 alien_x -= 1; | |
| 573 break; | |
| 574 case SDLK_RIGHT: | |
| 575 alien_x += 1; | |
| 576 break; | |
| 577 case SDLK_UP: | |
| 578 alien_y -= 1; | |
| 579 break; | |
| 580 case SDLK_DOWN: | |
| 581 alien_y += 1; | |
| 582 break; | |
| 583 default: | |
| 584 break; | |
| 585 } | |
| 586 } | |
| 587 } | |
| 588 } | |
| 589 . | |
| 590 .</PRE | |
| 591 > | |
| 592 At first glance you may think this is a perfectly reasonable piece of code for the task, but it isn't. Like I said keyboard events only occur when a key changes state, so the user would have to press and release the left cursor key 100 times to move the alien 100 pixels to the left.</P | |
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| 606 > /* Alien screen coordinates */ | |
| 607 int alien_x=0, alien_y=0; | |
| 608 int alien_xvel=0, alien_yvel=0; | |
| 609 . | |
| 610 . | |
| 611 /* Initialise SDL and video modes and all that */ | |
| 612 . | |
| 613 /* Main game loop */ | |
| 614 /* Check for events */ | |
| 615 while( SDL_PollEvent( &event ) ){ | |
| 616 switch( event.type ){ | |
| 617 /* Look for a keypress */ | |
| 618 case SDL_KEYDOWN: | |
| 619 /* Check the SDLKey values and move change the coords */ | |
| 620 switch( event.key.keysym.sym ){ | |
| 621 case SDLK_LEFT: | |
| 622 alien_xvel = -1; | |
| 623 break; | |
| 624 case SDLK_RIGHT: | |
| 625 alien_xvel = 1; | |
| 626 break; | |
| 627 case SDLK_UP: | |
| 628 alien_yvel = -1; | |
| 629 break; | |
| 630 case SDLK_DOWN: | |
| 631 alien_yvel = 1; | |
| 632 break; | |
| 633 default: | |
| 634 break; | |
| 635 } | |
| 636 break; | |
| 637 /* We must also use the SDL_KEYUP events to zero the x */ | |
| 638 /* and y velocity variables. But we must also be */ | |
| 639 /* careful not to zero the velocities when we shouldn't*/ | |
| 640 case SDL_KEYUP: | |
| 641 switch( event.key.keysym.sym ){ | |
| 642 case SDLK_LEFT: | |
| 643 /* We check to make sure the alien is moving */ | |
| 644 /* to the left. If it is then we zero the */ | |
| 645 /* velocity. If the alien is moving to the */ | |
| 646 /* right then the right key is still press */ | |
| 647 /* so we don't tocuh the velocity */ | |
| 648 if( alien_xvel < 0 ) | |
| 649 alien_xvel = 0; | |
| 650 break; | |
| 651 case SDLK_RIGHT: | |
| 652 if( alien_xvel > 0 ) | |
| 653 alien_xvel = 0; | |
| 654 break; | |
| 655 case SDLK_UP: | |
| 656 if( alien_yvel < 0 ) | |
| 657 alien_yvel = 0; | |
| 658 break; | |
| 659 case SDLK_DOWN: | |
| 660 if( alien_yvel > 0 ) | |
| 661 alien_yvel = 0; | |
| 662 break; | |
| 663 default: | |
| 664 break; | |
| 665 } | |
| 666 break; | |
| 667 | |
| 668 default: | |
| 669 break; | |
| 670 } | |
| 671 } | |
| 672 . | |
| 673 . | |
| 674 /* Update the alien position */ | |
| 675 alien_x += alien_xvel; | |
| 676 alien_y += alien_yvel;</PRE | |
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