Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:41:08 -0500 From: Mike Miscevic Subject: SDL and capslock/numlock Find attached a patch against SDL-1.2.13 for check of SDL_NO_LOCK_KEYS environment variable. This differs slightly from other patches I've seen in that it has 3 modes: Disable CAPS-LOCK and NUM-LOCK supression of down+up key events, suitable for games where the player needs these keys to do more than just toggle. A value of 1 will effect both CAPS-LOCK and NUM-LOCK. A value of 2 will effect only CAPS-LOCK. A value of 3 will effect only NUM-LOCK. All other values have no effect. This works for me and has been tested on: - Fedora 8 64-bit - SRCRPM SDL-1.2.13-1.fc8.src.rpm - Emeny Territory Quake Wars (ETQW), native 32-bit commercial game --Mike Miscevic

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@@ -670,6 +670,21 @@
 ><P
 >If set, the linux fbcon driver will not use a mouse at all.</P
 ></DD
+><DT
+><TT
+CLASS="LITERAL"
+>SDL_NO_LOCK_KEYS</TT
+></DT
+><DD
+><P
+>Disable CAPS-LOCK and NUM-LOCK suppression of down+up key events,
+suitable for games where the player needs these keys to do more than just toggle.
+A value of 1 will effect both CAPS-LOCK and NUM-LOCK.
+A value of 2 will effect only CAPS-LOCK.
+A value of 3 will effect only NUM-LOCK.
+All other values have no effect.
+</P
+></DD
 ></DL
 ></DIV
 ></DIV