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_Init" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_Init\- Initializes SDL
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fB#include "SDL\&.h"
.sp
\fBint \fBSDL_Init\fP\fR(\fBUint32 flags\fR);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Initializes SDL\&. This should be called before all other SDL functions\&. The \fBflags\fR parameter specifies what part(s) of SDL to initialize\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_INIT_TIMER\fP
Initializes the \fItimer\fR subsystem\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_INIT_AUDIO\fP
Initializes the \fIaudio\fR subsystem\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_INIT_VIDEO\fP
Initializes the \fIvideo\fR subsystem\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_INIT_CDROM\fP
Initializes the \fIcdrom\fR subsystem\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_INIT_JOYSTICK\fP
Initializes the \fIjoystick\fR subsystem\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_INIT_EVERYTHING\fP
Initialize all of the above\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE\fP
Prevents SDL from catching fatal signals\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_INIT_EVENTTHREAD\fP
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
Returns \fB-1\fR on an error or \fB0\fR on success\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fI\fBSDL_Quit\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_InitSubSystem\fP\fR
...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00