Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:02:33 -0700 From: Sam Lantinga Subject: SDL 1.3 keyboard plan After lots of discussion with Christian, this is what we came up with: > So, to sum up... > SDLK_* become the physical keys, starting at > (1<<21) > We create a macro SDLK_INDEX(X) > We have two functions SDL_GetLayoutKey(SDLKey) and SDL_GetKeyName() > SDL_GetLayoutKey maps to UCS4 for printable characters, and SDLK* for non-printable characters > and does so based on the OS's current keyboard layout > SDL_GetKeyName() handles both SDLK_* and UCS4, converting UCS4 to UTF-8 and converting SDLK_* into our names, which are UTF-8 for printable characters. > WASD folks use SDLK_*, and 'I' folks use SDL_GetLayoutKey(SDLK_*) Here is the patch he came up with, and his e-mail about it: Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:50:28 +0200 From: Christian Walther Subject: Re: SDL 1.3 keyboard plan > Sounds great, go ahead and send me a patch. Here goes! Thanks for having a look. Don't hesitate to comment if anything does not conform to your ideas. One caveat: Committing this now may break compilability of some video drivers - specifically, if they use any of the SDLK_* codes that were obsoleted and moved into SDL_compat.h. I only tried Cocoa (which did break, but is already fixed) and X11 (which didn't, but then its key handling is #iffed out). If that's a problem, it may need to go into a branch. -Christian

/* Simple program:  Create a blank window, wait for keypress, quit.

   Please see the SDL documentation for details on using the SDL API:
   /Developer/Documentation/SDL/docs.html
*/
   
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <math.h>

#include "SDL.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	Uint32 initflags = SDL_INIT_VIDEO;  /* See documentation for details */
	SDL_Surface *screen;
	Uint8  video_bpp = 0;
	Uint32 videoflags = SDL_SWSURFACE;
	int    done;
        SDL_Event event;

	/* Initialize the SDL library */
	if ( SDL_Init(initflags) < 0 ) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't initialize SDL: %s\n",
			SDL_GetError());
		exit(1);
	}

	/* Set 640x480 video mode */
	screen=SDL_SetVideoMode(640,480, video_bpp, videoflags);
        if (screen == NULL) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't set 640x480x%d video mode: %s\n",
                        video_bpp, SDL_GetError());
		SDL_Quit();
		exit(2);
	}

	done = 0;
	while ( !done ) {

		/* Check for events */
		while ( SDL_PollEvent(&event) ) {
			switch (event.type) {

				case SDL_MOUSEMOTION:
					break;
				case SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
					break;
				case SDL_KEYDOWN:
					/* Any keypress quits the app... */
				case SDL_QUIT:
					done = 1;
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
		}
	}
	
	/* Clean up the SDL library */
	SDL_Quit();
	return(0);
}