[Newbies] Detecting keyboard state / finding older fixes

[stan shepherd]

Where I was confused is that checking if the key is pressed already doesn't
appear to differentiate between a 'real' key down and a repeat. For example
:

keyDown: anEvent 
	(keys includes: anEvent keyValue)
		ifTrue: [Transcript show: 'skipped ' , anEvent asString; cr]
		ifFalse: [keys add: anEvent keyValue. "
			Transcript show: 'key down ' , anEvent asString; cr.
			self changed]

always takes the 'key down' branch, even for key held down.

Was this what you meant?

On the other hand, looping over this in a thread:

keyStrokes
	keys
		do: [:key | key
				ifNotNil: [(oldKeys includes: key)
						ifFalse: [Transcript show: 'key added ' , key asString;
								 cr]]].
	oldKeys do: [:key | key
				ifNotNil: [(keys includes: key)
						ifFalse: [Transcript show: 'key removed ' , key asString;
								 cr]]].
	oldKeys := keys copy.

has the desired effect of only showing real key moves.

Is this over complicating things?
...Stan



Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> 
> Assuming this is for a game, you would effectively prevent someone  
> "hammering" on a key to do some action repeatedly. Also this depends  
> on the actual repeat rate which varies widely between systems. In my  
> example there is no such fixed timeout, you simply would check if the  
> key is pressed already (i.e. it is in the keys set).
> 
> - Bert -
> 
> 
> 

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