[SDL] Handling keys?

[Leo M. Cabrera]

I'm sorry for having wasted your time, it does work... Well, not really, 
but it seems to be a problem with the Lua port... :-/

None of the letter keys work, so I'm stuck with the arrows... Gotta look 
into that, but thanks though! ;-)

matt wrote:
> L-28C wrote:
>   
>> Hello everyone! :-D
>>
>> Okay. What was the code to get a key while it is pressed, instead of 
>> just shooting the event when it's first pressed?
>>
>> I tried this, but it doesn't seem to work: (I key)
>>
>> ----------
>> iPressed = false
>>
>> while true do
>> 	
>> 	while (SDL.SDL_PollEvent(event) == 0) do
>> 		-- Render the screen
>> 		render()
>> 		-- Move the ball
>> 		moveBall()
>>        		SDL.SDL_Delay(100)
>>      	end
>> 	
>> 	if event.type == SDL.SDL_KEYDOWN then
>> 	
>> 	key = event.key.keysym.sym
>> 	if key == SDL.SDLK_I then
>> 		iPressed = true
>> 	else
>> 		iPressed = false
>> 	end
>> 				
>> 				
>> 	if iPressed then
>> 		-- Do my stuff here
>> 	end
>> end
>> --------
>>
>> OK, I know this isn't C++, but it should be pretty straight-forward if 
>> you know that... And I know C++, so you can use that in your answers. :-P
>>
>> So what's the correct code? Thanks! ;-)
>>
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>>     
> do you have the actual code that doesnt work ?  perhaps post a tarball
> on the web so we can look at it ?
>
> also, i use a thread for the rendering code instead of a delay.
>
> here is my main loop (still working on the core so this it temporary code):
>
>     while(!quit)
>     {
>         SDL_WaitEvent(&event);
>
>         switch (event.type)
>         {
>             case SDL_KEYUP:
>                 do_key_up(key_event(event.key.keysym.sym));
>                 break;
>             case SDL_KEYDOWN:
>                 do_key_down(key_event(event.key.keysym.sym));
>                 break;
>             case SDL_QUIT:
>                 quit = -1;
>         }
>     }
>
>
> matt
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