Keys

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Hi,

Is there a keysim for the key ? (on european keyboard), the one which is
used for the quake console, on the top left just below ESC key ?

I’ve tried with sdl1.2.3 under win32, but I didn’t find the good keysim.

LvR

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“OUDIN Olivier (IFATEC)” wrote:

Is there a keysim for the key ? (on european keyboard), the one which is
used for the quake console, on the top left just below ESC key ?

SDL doesn’t have any. The corresponding X11 keysym is twosuperior, so
that’s probably what to call it. See what checkkeys reports.

(There is no “european” keyboard — the French layout is rather
different from the German, for instance. At the place you describe, my
keyboard has the ? key.)

I’ve tried with sdl1.2.3 under win32, but I didn’t find the good keysim.

keysyms under win32 are rather botched anyway; they mostly follow the
rule “what the key at the same place on Sam’s keyboard looks like” :slight_smile:

Try the checkkeys program in the test directory

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I wrote:

keysyms under win32 are rather botched anyway; they mostly follow the
rule “what the key at the same place on Sam’s keyboard looks like” :slight_smile:

That didn’t come out quite right. It’s not Sam’s fault at all. The
win32 API seems to make it hard to give it the same semantics as the
other targets. Sorry!

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Did you try “SDLK_BACKQUOTE”? That would be key that is at the top-left on
American keyboards right under Escape.> ----- Original Message -----

From: oloudin@ifatec.fr (OUDIN Olivier))
To:
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:25 AM
Subject: [SDL] Keys

Hi,

Is there a keysim for the key ? (on european keyboard), the one which is
used for the quake console, on the top left just below ESC key ?

I’ve tried with sdl1.2.3 under win32, but I didn’t find the good keysim.

LvR

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Yes, I found it with the checkkeys app.
This is SDLK_BACKQUOTE (which is the key <?> on an French keyboard)

Thanx

-----Message d’origine-----De: Anthony T. [mailto:goumba_tony at yahoo.com]
Date: mercredi 13 f?vrier 2002 01:53
?: sdl at libsdl.org
Objet: Re: [SDL] Keys

Did you try “SDLK_BACKQUOTE”? That would be key that is at the top-left on
American keyboards right under Escape.

----- Original Message -----
From: @OUDIN_Olivier (OUDIN Olivier))
To:
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:25 AM
Subject: [SDL] Keys

Hi,

Is there a keysim for the key ? (on european keyboard), the one which is
used for the quake console, on the top left just below ESC key ?

I’ve tried with sdl1.2.3 under win32, but I didn’t find the good keysim.

LvR

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