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/*
SDL - Simple DirectMedia Layer
Copyright (C) 1997-2012 Sam Lantinga
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
Sam Lantinga
slouken@libsdl.org
*/
/** @file SDL_keyboard.h
* Include file for SDL keyboard event handling
*/
#ifndef _SDL_keyboard_h
#define _SDL_keyboard_h
#include "SDL_stdinc.h"
#include "SDL_error.h"
#include "SDL_keysym.h"
#include "begin_code.h"
/* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/** Keysym structure
*
* - The scancode is hardware dependent, and should not be used by general
* applications. If no hardware scancode is available, it will be 0.
*
* - The 'unicode' translated character is only available when character
* translation is enabled by the SDL_EnableUNICODE() API. If non-zero,
* this is a UNICODE character corresponding to the keypress. If the
* high 9 bits of the character are 0, then this maps to the equivalent
* ASCII character:
* @code
* char ch;
* if ( (keysym.unicode & 0xFF80) == 0 ) {
* ch = keysym.unicode & 0x7F;
* } else {
* An international character..
* }
* @endcode
*/
typedef struct SDL_keysym {
Uint8 scancode; /**< hardware specific scancode */
SDLKey sym; /**< SDL virtual keysym */
SDLMod mod; /**< current key modifiers */
Uint16 unicode; /**< translated character */
} SDL_keysym;
/** This is the mask which refers to all hotkey bindings */
#define SDL_ALL_HOTKEYS 0xFFFFFFFF
/* Function prototypes */
/**
* Enable/Disable UNICODE translation of keyboard input.
*
* This translation has some overhead, so translation defaults off.
*
* @param[in] enable
* If 'enable' is 1, translation is enabled.
* If 'enable' is 0, translation is disabled.
* If 'enable' is -1, the translation state is not changed.
*
* @return It returns the previous state of keyboard translation.
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_EnableUNICODE(int enable);
#define SDL_DEFAULT_REPEAT_DELAY 500
#define SDL_DEFAULT_REPEAT_INTERVAL 30
/**
* Enable/Disable keyboard repeat. Keyboard repeat defaults to off.
*
* @param[in] delay
* 'delay' is the initial delay in ms between the time when a key is
* pressed, and keyboard repeat begins.
*
* @param[in] interval
* 'interval' is the time in ms between keyboard repeat events.
*
* If 'delay' is set to 0, keyboard repeat is disabled.
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_EnableKeyRepeat(int delay, int interval);
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_GetKeyRepeat(int *delay, int *interval);
/**
* Get a snapshot of the current state of the keyboard.
* Returns an array of keystates, indexed by the SDLK_* syms.
* Usage:
* @code
* Uint8 *keystate = SDL_GetKeyState(NULL);
* if ( keystate[SDLK_RETURN] ) //... \<RETURN> is pressed.
* @endcode
*/
extern DECLSPEC Uint8 * SDLCALL SDL_GetKeyState(int *numkeys);
/**
* Get the current key modifier state
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDLMod SDLCALL SDL_GetModState(void);
/**
* Set the current key modifier state.
* This does not change the keyboard state, only the key modifier flags.
*/
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_SetModState(SDLMod modstate);
/**
* Get the name of an SDL virtual keysym
*/
extern DECLSPEC char * SDLCALL SDL_GetKeyName(SDLKey key);
/* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#include "close_code.h"
#endif /* _SDL_keyboard_h */