Hei all We were doing a very simple prototype for a cross platform python game (same code on s60, 770 and desktop) , and at least in the pygame(python + sdl) it was so simple to make the bitmap solution (even with cap and simbols) take less then a couple of hours to prototype (not clean coding etc)
Of course I cannot assure that we supported languages like hungarian, or even our brasilian portuguese, but for the game input was ok and made in just one day. So I agree with jacub, if you really need, go and make a simple thing for you the fits your need. It's not a problem at all. I had a lot more problems with the DOOM, that needed more visual controls then a keyboard : / but at least was playable in the end and showed something : maybe you don't need a full keyboard =) http://www.marceloeduardo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/picture-8.png Together goes the keyboard for the demo in python (you can bring it easily to C) Obs : this was a fast prototype of a non-python developer =) so do not look at with demanding eyes =) BR Marcelo Oliveira INdT - Recife www.marceloeduardo.com --------- ( http://www.marceloeduardo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/2.png ) class KeyBoard: # Constructor def __init__(self, people): self.show = 0 self.shift = 0 self.msg = "" self.whisper = "" self.text = 0 self.people = people self.lower_keys = pygame.image.load("pixmaps/keyboard-lower.png") self.upper_keys = pygame.image.load("pixmaps/keyboard-upper.png") self.keymap1 = (("q", "w", "e", "r", "t", "y", "u", "i", "o", "p", "[", "]", "1", "2", "3"), ("a", "s", "d", "f", "g", "h", "j", "k", "l", ";", "`", "'", "4", "5", "6"), ("z", "x", "c", "v", "b", "n", "m", ",", ".", "?", "!", "+", "7", "8", "9"), (" ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", "-", "0", "=")) self.keymap2 = (("Q", "W", "E", "R", "T", "Y", "U", "I", "O", "P", "{", "}", "!", "@", "#"), ("A", "S", "D", "F", "G", "H", "J", "K", "L", ":", "\"", "/", "$", "%", "^"), ("Z", "X", "C", "V", "B", "N", "M", "<", ">", "?", "~", "\\", "&", "*", "("), (" ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", "_", ")", "+")) # Create text def create_text(self): if self.msg != "": self.text = font.render(self.msg, 1, (255, 255, 255)) if self.text.get_width() > 484: self.text = self.text.subsurface(self.text.get_width() - 484, 0, 484, self.text.get_height()) else: self.text = 0 def set_whisper(self, name): self.show = 1 self.whisper = name # Update keyboard state def update(self, event): if event.type == KEYDOWN and event.key == K_RETURN: self.whisper = "" self.show = not self.show elif self.show and event.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN: x, y = pygame.mouse.get_pos() if x >= 7 and x < 472 and y >= 347 and y < 471: x = (x - 7) / 31 y = (y - 347) / 31 if x == 0 and y == 3: self.shift = not self.shift else: if self.shift: self.msg += self.keymap2[y][x] else: self.msg += self.keymap1[y][x] self.create_text() elif x >= 472 and x < 505 and y >= 347 and y < 378: self.msg = self.msg[:-1] self.create_text() elif x >= 472 and x < 505 and y >= 378 and y < 441 and self.msg.strip() != "": self.people.msg_me(self.msg, self.whisper) self.show = 0 self.text = 0 self.msg = "" self.whisper = "" elif x >= 472 and x < 505 and y >= 441 and y < 471: self.whisper = "" self.show = not self.show # Draw keyboard def draw(self): if self.show: if self.shift: map.blit(self.upper_keys, (0, 302)) else: map.blit(self.lower_keys, (0, 302)) if self.text: map.blit(self.text, (14, 315)) On Jan 26, 2007, at 6:09 PM, Kees Jongenburger wrote: On 1/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kees Jongenburger wrote:
I have been asking around but did not find a simple pluggable virtual keyboard for sdl.
This is IMHO a very simple problem. Just a quick guess: You have to draw a nice keyboard, export it to BMP and load it with SDL_LoadBMP(). Then you display (blit) it with SDL_BlitSurface(). Don't forget to update the screen with SDL_UpdateRects(). Then you can SDL_WaitEvent() to wait for SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN events. You just need a table which contains the x and y coords of our virtual keyboard to decode coords to the key pressed. Of course you should handle shift, delete and something else. The decoded char can now be displayed, you probably need some kind of "displaying a text"-function (sfont.c) for it. And so on. This all can be packed in a function like "char *SDL_EnterText()". An other problem would be to incoperate such a virtual SDL keyboard to the large number of different SDL-GUI toolkits. For the most number of action games, you don't need to enter text during game play. Its enough if you do this on startup, and therefor you can use a Maemo startup window. This sounds good and easy to me.The bmp can even have alpha! and perhaps the code is already there? http://www.mulliner.org/nokia770/feed/fotos/n770_xkbdbthid_02.png greetings keesj _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers On 1/26/07, Kees Jongenburger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kees Jongenburger wrote: > > I have been asking > > around but did not find a simple pluggable virtual keyboard for sdl. > > This is IMHO a very simple problem. Just a quick guess: You have to draw a nice keyboard, > export it to BMP and load it with SDL_LoadBMP(). Then you display (blit) it with > SDL_BlitSurface(). Don't forget to update the screen with SDL_UpdateRects(). Then you can > SDL_WaitEvent() to wait for SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN events. You just need a table > which contains the x and y coords of our virtual keyboard to decode coords to the key > pressed. Of course you should handle shift, delete and something else. The decoded char > can now be displayed, you probably need some kind of "displaying a text"-function (sfont.c) > for it. And so on. This all can be packed in a function like "char *SDL_EnterText()". > > An other problem would be to incoperate such a virtual SDL keyboard to the large number of > different SDL-GUI toolkits. > > For the most number of action games, you don't need to enter text during game play. Its > enough if you do this on startup, and therefor you can use a Maemo startup window. This sounds good and easy to me.The bmp can even have alpha! and perhaps the code is already there? http://www.mulliner.org/nokia770/feed/fotos/n770_xkbdbthid_02.png greetings keesj _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
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