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

.TH "SDL_ConvertSurface" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_ConvertSurface\- Converts a surface to the same format as another surface\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fB#include "SDL/SDL\&.h"
.sp
\fBSDL_Surface *\fBSDL_ConvertSurface\fP\fR(\fBSDL_Surface *src, SDL_PixelFormat *fmt, Uint32 flags\fR);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Creates a new surface of the specified format, and then copies and maps the given surface to it\&. If this function fails, it returns \fBNULL\fP\&.
.PP
The \fBflags\fR parameter is passed to \fI\fBSDL_CreateRGBSurface\fP\fR and has those semantics\&.
.PP
This function is used internally by \fI\fBSDL_DisplayFormat\fP\fR\&.
.PP
This function can only be called after SDL_Init\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
Returns either a pointer to the new surface, or \fBNULL\fP on error\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fI\fBSDL_CreateRGBSurface\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_DisplayFormat\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_PixelFormat\fR\fR, \fI\fBSDL_Surface\fR\fR
...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01