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On 2009-07-22, Arthur Ward <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all.
Hello, sorry for the late reply.
>
> I've just tracked down a problem with a game I was compiling for Amiga OS
> where text input was being problematic. It turned out that if I press
> shift (or any modifier key) then the value returned by readkey() will have
> the scancode for shift in the upper byte but zero in the lower byte.
I believe readkey() should not be reporting anything for modifier keys.
> This doesn't seem right. In my keyboard handler, when I call the internal
> _handle_key_press() and pass in the ASCII code and the scancode, what
> should I pass in for the ASCII code? Currently I am passing in zero if a
> modifier key is pressed. What about for other keys such as the function
> keys? They don't have an ASCII code, but if you pass in zero then it will
> filter through to readkey() and cause problems for client software.
Non-modifier keys don't have ASCII codes should return zero as the code.
Client software needs to be aware of this.
It's a long time since I've worked with Allegro 4 so I might be wrong.
Peter