Re: [gtk-list] Game development - keystroke detection question.

[laur Ivan <laur ivan ul ie>]

On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Eric Harlow wrote:

> 
> Ok, so I started the game after getting many good ideas and I'm quite
> far along except that I don't like the key_press_event and the
> key_release_event.  I haven't looked into it, but I'm still working on
> the graphics and wondered if anyone can help me with this - or point
> me somewhere. 
> 
> Few problems are:
> 
> Holding down 1 key and pressing another results in the second key
> being repeated.  No indication that the first key is being pressed. 
> This is bad when you're fleeing a group of bad guys (full thrust key)
> while firing (missile key).  Is there a way to get a list of the keys
> currently pressed? 
> 
> This would also fix the problem with the shift/ctrl keys where they
> send a "key_press_event" but don't send a "key_release_event". 
> 
> This is for GTK 1.0 series.  Help and pointers appreciated. 
> 

	the usual approach is to read the keyboard directly from the port 
(0x60 i think). but you can see lots of (DOS) sources @ 
ftp://teeri.oulu.fi/pub/msdos. or if you really like digging in the 
sources, have a look @ the doom/quake stuff :). you might find soemthing 
interesting for xquake for example ;)

	Laur