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_PollEvent" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:59" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_PollEvent\- Polls for currently pending events\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fB#include "SDL\&.h"
.sp
\fBint \fBSDL_PollEvent\fP\fR(\fBSDL_Event *event\fR);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Polls for currently pending events, and returns \fB1\fR if there are any pending events, or \fB0\fR if there are none available\&. 
.PP
If \fBevent\fR is not \fBNULL\fP, the next event is removed from the queue and stored in that area\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
.PP
.nf
\f(CWSDL_Event event; /* Event structure */

\&.
\&.
\&.
/* Check for events */
while(SDL_PollEvent(&event)){  /* Loop until there are no events left on the queue */
  switch(event\&.type){  /* Process the appropiate event type */
    case SDL_KEYDOWN:  /* Handle a KEYDOWN event */         
      printf("Oh! Key press
");
      break;
    case SDL_MOUSEMOTION:
      \&.
      \&.
      \&.
    default: /* Report an unhandled event */
      printf("I don\&'t know what this event is!
");
  }
}\fR
.fi
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fI\fBSDL_Event\fR\fR, \fI\fBSDL_WaitEvent\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_PeepEvents\fP\fR
...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:59