Reading keyboard state
Daniel V. Oppenheim
music at watson.ibm.com
Mon Dec 6 16:47:18 UTC 1999
I agree. It would also be useful for interactive music applications.
Danny
At 09:57 AM 12/6/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Bert Freudenberg <bert at isgnw.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De> wrote:
> > On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Henrik Gedenryd wrote:
> >
> > > AFAIK, there is no way to get the current keyboard state for the regular
> > > alphanumeric keys, like you can for modifier keys and mouse buttons.
> > >
> > > Is there any way to check whether eg. the key 'i' is pressed at the
> moment?
> >
> > Nope. Only key-press events are forwarded to Squeak, key-release events
> > are eaten by the VM.
> >
>
>If and when the low-level input system is looked at again, let's please
>look at this. By far most smalltalk programs won't care, but games are
>a notable exception that might be worth thinking about.
>
>
>Lex
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