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vga_getkey(3)		       Svgalib User Manual		   vga_getkey(3)

NAME
     vga_getkey - read a character from the keyboard without waiting

SYNOPSIS
     #include <vga.h>

     int vga_getkey(void);

DESCRIPTION
     Read  a character from the keyboard without waiting; returns zero if no key
     pressed and the ASCII value otherwise. This function must not  be	used  in
     raw  keyboard  mode.  In  this  situation	use keyboard_getstate(3) or key-
     board_keypressed(3) instead.

SEE ALSO
     svgalib(7),  vgagl(7),  libvga.config(5),	eventtest(6),  keytest(6),  key-
     board_init(3),  keyboard_close(3), keyboard_setdefaulteventhandler(3), key-
     board_seteventhandler(3),	 keyboard_getstate(3),	 keyboard_clearstate(3),
     keyboard_translatekeys(3),  keyboard_keypressed(3), vga_getch(3), vga_wait-
     event(3),

AUTHOR
     This manual page was  edited  by  Michael	Weller	<eowmob@exp-math.uni-es-
     sen.de>.  The  exact  source  of  the referenced function as well as of the
     original documentation is unknown.

     It is very likely that both are at least to some extent  are  due	to  Harm
     Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

     Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the orig-
     inal  author  and	will happily accept any additions or corrections to this
     first version of the svgalib manual.

Svgalib (>= 1.2.11)		  27 July 1997			   vga_getkey(3)

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