From: "Raul Carolus" <carolura AT luther DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Allegro-accelerating
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 18:22:41 +0100
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finding <finding AT bigfoot DOT com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
80k5uc$40u3 AT imsp212 DOT netvigator DOT com...
> I would like to increase a value of a variable when the key is pressing.
> decrease the value while the key is not pressing.
>
> Could anyone tell me how to do it in Allegro.
> thx!
>
>

be sure to call install_keyboard() before using:

while(keypressed())
{
 variable++;
}

Simple enough.