[SDL] Homemade SDL getkey function - please help!

[Nicolai Haehnle]

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On Sunday 27 April 2003 09:34, Roy Pluschke wrote:
> The releasing of a key also also generates an SDL event.
> So what I do (and what I've seen in numerous other programs)
> is create an array of flags for the keys I'm interested in
> and set the flag for a keydown event and clear it for a keyup
> event. If a flag is set the key has been pressed and not released
> (is being held down) and your program can react accordingly
> -- hope this helps

Have a look at the SDL_GetKeyState() function. It does exactly this for you, 
so you don't have to do it yourself.

cu,
Nicolai

> RJP
> <rjplus at sunshine.net>
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