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aa_getkey (3)

Name

aa_getkey - return next keypress event from queue.

Synopsis

#include <aalib.h>

int aa_getkey
(
aa_context *c,
int wait
);

Description

aa_getkey(3)               Library Functions Manual               aa_getkey(3)



NAME
       aa_getkey - return next keypress event from queue.

SYNOPSIS
       #include <aalib.h>

       int aa_getkey
       (
            aa_context *c,
            int wait
       );

PARAMETERS
       aa_context *c
              Specifies the AA-lib context to operate on.

       int wait
              1 if you wish to wait for the even when queue is empty.

DESCRIPTION
       Return next keypress event from queue.

RETURNS
       Next  keypress  event  from  queue  (values  lower than 256 are used to
       report ascii values of pressed keys and higher values are used to  rep-
       resent some special keys like arrows) See the AA-lib texinfo documenta-
       tion for more details.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | library/aalib    |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       save_d(3), mem_d(3), aa_help(3), aa_formats(3), aa_fonts(3), aa_dither-
       names(3),    aa_drivers(3),    aa_kbddrivers(3),    aa_mousedrivers(3),
       aa_kbdrecommended(3), aa_mouserecommended(3), aa_displayrecommended(3),
       aa_defparams(3),         aa_defrenderparams(3),         aa_scrwidth(3),
       aa_scrheight(3),   aa_mmwidth(3),    aa_mmheight(3),    aa_imgwidth(3),
       aa_imgheight(3),   aa_image(3),  aa_text(3),  aa_attrs(3),  aa_current-
       font(3),   aa_autoinit(3),   aa_autoinitkbd(3),    aa_autoinitmouse(3),
       aa_recommendhi(3),   aa_recommendlow(3),   aa_init(3),   aa_initkbd(3),
       aa_initmouse(3),   aa_close(3),   aa_uninitkbd(3),   aa_uninitmouse(3),
       aa_fastrender(3), aa_render(3), aa_puts(3), aa_printf(3), aa_gotoxy(3),
       aa_hidecursor(3),  aa_showcursor(3),  aa_getmouse(3),  aa_hidemouse(3),
       aa_showmouse(3), aa_registerfont(3), aa_setsupported(3), aa_setfont(3),
       aa_getevent(3), aa_resize(3), aa_resizehandler(3),  aa_parseoptions(3),
       aa_edit(3),  aa_createedit(3), aa_editkey(3), aa_putpixel(3), aa_recom-
       mendhikbd(3), aa_recommendlowkbd(3), aa_recommendhimouse(3),  aa_recom-
       mendlowmouse(3), aa_recommendhidisplay(3), aa_recommendlowdisplay(3)



NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source   was   downloaded   from   http://downloads.sourceforge.net/aa-
       project/aalib-1.4rc5.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/.



c2man aalib.h                  8 September 1999                   aa_getkey(3)