From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: That Pesky Little Mouse...
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 18:27:09 -0400
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The Beyonder wrote:

> I'm trying to Wire in a mouse for my game (haven't we all tried this?),
> I'm using a book called "PC Game Programming Scroller" BY Dave Roberts.
> I know that the book is sorta outdated and is for Borland C, but its
> proven ok so far...  My problems come with the section about Event
> Handled mice...   The Normal (non-evented) mouse works fine, but
> obviously doesn't suit the purposes.  So I took a dive and tried for
> Event-Driven.
>
> THe function header is:
>
> static void far _loadds _saveregs MouseEventQueueHandler( void );
>
> but when you compile it is says that a parce error occured on this
> line.  I already know that static, void and far are ANSI C but _loadds
> and _saveregs???

    Well "far" is NOT ansi C.  An example of how to hook the mouse is shown in
the FAQ Section "18.8 How to make DOS/BIOS call your function"

> Also in the function there are _?X (AX,BX,CX,DX).  Does DJGPP define
> these?

    No.  Because of the way DJGPP optimizes, these are not available, but are
also not needed.--
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