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From:	"Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
To:	"DJGPP Mailing List" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>,
	"Tom" <thomas DOT wilson AT BLAHstudent DOT adelaide DOT edu DOT auSPAM>
Subject:	RE: Keyboard input in Allegro
Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 1998 19:57:32 +0100
Message-ID:	<000001bde011$876745c0$f54b08c3@arthur>
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> Hi!
>
> I've decided that i want to try writing a game Allegro. It's going to be a
> vertical scrolling shoot em up (pretty original  hey? *cough*).
> Anyways, im
> having trouble getting the keyboard to control the ship good..
>
> Whenever I hold a key down, my ship will move a bit, then stop, then move
> again. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the keyboard
> delay before
> repeating, How can i get around this?
>
Odds on you're using readkey(). Don't. Use something like:

if(key[KEY_LEFT])
	move_left();

etc. Read the key[] part of the manual.

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819

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