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Now works "out of the box" on BSDI
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Tue, 22 Jan 2002 18:28:35 +0000
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>SDL_PumpEvents&nbsp;--&nbsp;Pumps the event loop, gathering events from the input devices.</DIV
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>Pumps the event loop, gathering events from the input devices.</P
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