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>Name</H2
>SDL_KeyboardEvent&nbsp;--&nbsp;Keyboard event structure</DIV
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>typedef struct{
  Uint8 type;
  Uint8 state;
  SDL_keysym keysym;
} SDL_KeyboardEvent;</PRE
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>SDL_KEYDOWN</TT
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