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- >typedef struct{
- Uint8 type;
- Uint8 state;
- SDL_keysym keysym;
- } SDL_KeyboardEvent;</PRE
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- >SDL_KEYDOWN</TT
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- > is a member of the <A
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- > union and is used when an event of type <TT
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- >SDL_KEYDOWN</TT
- > or <TT
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- >SDL_KEYUP</TT
- > is reported.</P
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- >The <TT
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- >type</I
- ></TT
- > and <TT
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- ><I
- >state</I
- ></TT
- > actually report the same information, they just use different values to do it! A keyboard event occurs when a key is released (<TT
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- >type</I
- ></TT
- >=<TT
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- >SDK_KEYUP</TT
- > or <TT
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- >state</I
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- >) and when a key is pressed (<TT
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- > or <TT
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- >state</I
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- >SDL_PRESSED</TT
- >). The information on what key was pressed or released is in the <A
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- >keysym</SPAN
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- >Repeating <TT
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- >SDL_KEYDOWN</TT
- > events will occur if key repeat is enabled (see <A
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- ><TT
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- >SDL_EnableKeyRepeat</TT
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- >SDL_Event</SPAN
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- ><TT
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- >SDL_EnableKeyRepeat</TT
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- ><TT
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- >SDL_EnableUNICODE</TT
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