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Subject: Re: CTRL key in Allegro problem
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 18:17:28 -0500
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froyd wrote in message <7igt3r$kr9$1 AT arachne DOT labyrinth DOT net DOT au>...
>In example 26 I think it is, there is the star field
>and projectile, where you press the control key
>and start to zoom in the direction the projectile thing
>is pointing, done by having the starfield move.
>My problem is that the control key is not recognized as
>an input, I changed the code to the '0' key to see this zooming
>through the starfield thing working.
>I do not understand then why there is Allegro code when
>the control key will not work, what is the problem?
>John
>


I found that it was only the right hand Ctrl key that didn't work.
The left Ctrl key did work.  Strange but true.  I also noticed that
the Demo program ( the little Asteroids-like game) didn't handle
multiple key inputs very well.

jdm