Optional SDL 1.2 Key Repeat Behavior in 2.0?

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1

I know I can check the repeat flag in the KEYDOWN event, but my case is more specific.
My loop looks somewhat like this:

while (running) {
SDL_WaitEvent(NULL);
while (SDL_PollEvent(&e)) {
// Handle Useful Events
}
updateStuff();
}

I basically I want to let the updateStuff() run only when there is events that matter for it, and I filter all the stuff I dont need before the main loop.
But SDL 2.0 keep firing KEYDOWN events (with repeat = 1), and updateStuff() is called needlessly.
in SDL 1.2 I can just disable key repeat and it works.
If I need to handle this case, it will complicate the code inside the while loop.

Is there any way to disable key repeat events currently?

Thanks

2

Looks like it was axed:
http://forums.libsdl.org/viewtopic.php?t=6182&sid=36762cb583d97488f7c5f01505f6ee95

That having been said, it is trivial to modify your code to detect repeat
events and not do anything when the repeat flag is set, e.g:

while (running) {
bool update = false;

SDL_WaitEvent(NULL);
while (SDL_PollEvent(&e)) {
    if(!repeat_event)
        update = true;

}

if(update)
    updateStuff();

}

PatrickOn Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:48 PM, RodrigoCard wrote:

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I know I can check the repeat flag in the KEYDOWN event, but my case is
more specific.
My loop looks somewhat like this:

while (running) {
SDL_WaitEvent(NULL);
while (SDL_PollEvent(&e)) {
// Handle Useful Events
}
updateStuff();
}

I basically I want to let the updateStuff() run only when there is events
that matter for it, and I filter all the stuff I dont need before the main
loop.
But SDL 2.0 keep firing KEYDOWN events (with repeat = 1), and
updateStuff() is called needlessly.
in SDL 1.2 I can just disable key repeat and it works.
If I need to handle this case, it will complicate the code inside the
while loop.

Is there any way to disable key repeat events currently?

Thanks

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3

well, too bad that is not so simple =/
I posted just a simple example of the outside loop.

Inside the while(poolevent) loop I pass the event to another function, which does not have access to the caller. I might need to modify other things, and make my code more coupled. I am even considering using a goto, so I wont need to increase the class coupling (right now it is what i am doing temporally).

I know it is not hard to fix, but it is ugly.------

About the link: It is great that now it is handled by the OS, so much better than the old SDL_EnableKeyRepeat(), but I wish there was still a way to disable it =/

I will use the goto for while, if it becomes unpractical at some point, maybe I will try to patch sdl.

Thanks for the link anyway. \o

Patrick Baggett wrote:

Looks like it was axed:???http://forums.libsdl.org/viewtopic.php?t=6182&sid=36762cb583d97488f7c5f01505f6ee95 (http://forums.libsdl.org/viewtopic.php?t=6182&sid=36762cb583d97488f7c5f01505f6ee95)?

That having been said, it is trivial to modify your code to detect repeat events and not do anything when the repeat flag is set, e.g:

while (running) {
? ? bool update = false;

? ? SDL_WaitEvent(NULL);
? ? while (SDL_PollEvent(&e)) {
? ? ? ? if(!repeat_event)
? ? ? ? ? ? update = true;
? ??
? ? }

? ? if(update)
? ? ? ? updateStuff();
}

Patrick

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:48 PM, RodrigoCard <@Rodrigo_C_Rocha (@Rodrigo_C_Rocha)> wrote:

  I know I can check the repeat flag in the KEYDOWN event, but my case is more specific.

My loop looks somewhat like this:

while (running) {
SDL_WaitEvent(NULL);
while (SDL_PollEvent(&e)) {
// Handle Useful Events
}
updateStuff();
}

I basically I want to let the updateStuff() run only when there is events that matter for it, and I filter all the stuff I dont need before the main loop.
But SDL 2.0 keep firing KEYDOWN events (with repeat = 1), and updateStuff() is called needlessly.
in SDL 1.2 I can just disable key repeat and it works.
If I need to handle this case, it will complicate the code inside the while loop.

Is there any way to disable key repeat events currently?

Thanks

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