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_JoyButtonEvent" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:59" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_JoyButtonEvent\- Joystick button event structure
.SH "STRUCTURE DEFINITION"
.PP
.nf
\f(CWtypedef struct{
  Uint8 type;
  Uint8 which;
  Uint8 button;
  Uint8 state;
} SDL_JoyButtonEvent;\fR
.fi
.PP
.SH "STRUCTURE DATA"
.TP 20
\fBtype\fR
\fBSDL_JOYBUTTONDOWN\fP or \fBSDL_JOYBUTTONUP\fP
.TP 20
\fBwhich\fR
Joystick device index
.TP 20
\fBbutton\fR
Joystick button index
.TP 20
\fBstate\fR
\fBSDL_PRESSED\fP or \fBSDL_RELEASED\fP
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBSDL_JoyButtonEvent\fR is a member of the \fI\fBSDL_Event\fR\fR union and is used when an event of type \fBSDL_JOYBUTTONDOWN\fP or \fBSDL_JOYBUTTONUP\fP is reported\&.
.PP
A \fBSDL_JOYBUTTONDOWN\fP or \fBSDL_JOYBUTTONUP\fP event occurs when ever a user presses or releases a button on a joystick\&. The field \fBwhich\fR is the index of the joystick that reported the event and \fBbutton\fR is the index of the button (for a more detailed explaination see the \fIJoystick section\fR)\&. \fBstate\fR is the current state or the button which is either \fBSDL_PRESSED\fP or \fBSDL_RELEASED\fP\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fI\fBSDL_Event\fR\fR, \fIJoystick Functions\fR, \fI\fBSDL_JoystickEventState\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_JoystickGetButton\fP\fR
...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:59