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ureadkey(3) Allegro manual ureadkey(3) NAME ureadkey - Returns the next unicode character from the keyboard buffer. Allegro game programming library. SYNOPSIS #include <allegro.h> int ureadkey(int *scancode); DESCRIPTION Returns the next character from the keyboard buffer, in Unicode format. If the buffer is empty, it waits until a key is pressed. You can see if there are queued keypresses with keypressed(). The return value con- tains the Unicode value of the key, and if not NULL, the pointer argu- ment will be set to the scancode. Unlike readkey(), this function is able to return character values greater than 255. Example: int val, scancode; ... val = ureadkey(&scancode); if (val == 0x00F1) allegro_message("You pressed n with tilde\n"); if (val == 0x00DF) allegro_message("You pressed sharp s\n"); You should be able to find Unicode character maps at http://www.uni- code.org/. Remember that on DOS you must specify a custom keyboard map (like those found in `keyboard.dat') usually with the help of a config- uration file specifying the language mapping (keyboard variable in sys- tem section of `allegro.cfg'), or you will get the default US keyboard mapping. SEE ALSO install_keyboard(3), readkey(3), keypressed(3), clear_keybuf(3), simu- late_ukeypress(3), exkeys(3) Allegro version 4.4.3 ureadkey(3)
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