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From: a464@mindlink.UUCP (Bruce Dawson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Reading the keyboard without a window.
Message-ID: <1249@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 3 Mar 90 16:49:14 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> alex writes:
> 
> 
> clearkbd() is called to clear out all unused keystrokes from the keyboard
> buffer before getting the next keystroke.  The effect of this is that
> auto-repeats will only go as fast as my program gets characters.
> 
> --
>      ///  Alex Matulich
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     It wasn't clear from your code fragment, does your routine clear out ALL
unused keystrokes from the keyboard buffer, or does it only clear out those
produced by auto-repeat?  This is an important distinction.  If I hit a key ten
times, I want the action repeated exactly ten times, even if the program can't
keep up.  But, if I hold down the key I do want the program to stop as soon as
I release it.

.Bruce.