On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:13:14 -0800 Christopher Howard <christopher.how...@frigidcode.com> wrote:
> 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? Are you saying that on your hardware, holding one key down blocks press and release events for all other keys? I am not saying you are wrong, but I find that surprising. Chris _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
