On 03/19/2012 11:02 AM, Chris Vine wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:21:27 -0800 > Christopher Howard <christopher.how...@frigidcode.com> wrote: >> On 03/19/2012 03:34 AM, Chris Vine wrote: >>> Since GtkWidget objects have key-press-event and a key-release-event >>> signals that you can connect to (and from your explanation, clearly >>> you have connected to), you will probably need to explain why these >>> don't do what you want in order to get a meaningful answer. Most >>> people would monitor these in conjunction with >>> gdk_event_get_keyval() or gdk_event_get_keycode() and keep state. >>> >>> Chris >> >> I'm currently attempting to code a simple space combat game. In my >> game it is possible (quite likely) that two keys will be held down at >> the same time (especially the up arrow and another arrow) e.g. to >> turn and to accelerate at the same time. Currently I monitor for key >> press events as you say; the problem is that key press events are >> only being generated for the last key that was pressed. So if a user >> attempts to turn and accelerate at the same time, he will actually >> only do one or the other, depending on which key he happened to press >> last. > > A key remains pressed until a key-release-event for it is received. > That is what I meant by 'keep state'. > > Chris
So, you are saying that if I receive a key-press-event, I should artificially generate a key-release-event, which will allow more key-press-events to be generated? How should I go about doing this? -- frigidcode.com indicium.us
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