From: "Stuart Gibson" <stuartgibson AT email DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] fast, SAFE keyboard handler
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:01:00 -0000
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Title:          libkb -- advanced and portable low-level keyboard library
Version:        1.01
Entered-date:   03JUN98
Description:    libkb is a free, advanced and portable low-level keyboard
                library for Linux and MSDOS. Allows access to ALL keys and
                ALL key combinations. Also handles Pause key and
Control-Break.
                Ideal for games and all applications that want
                total control over the keyboard.
                Practical kbhit()/getkey() like interface for textual input.
                Intelligent signal handling and emergency-exit feature
                to achieve a maximum of robustness.
                Supports virtual terminal switching under Linux.
                Easy to use. Written entirely in C without assembler code.
                Comes with full source, example programs and documentation.
                Works with Linux gcc/Borland C/Watcom C/djgpp.
Keywords:       keyboard, console, terminal, library, game programming
Author:         markus DOT oberhumer AT jk DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at (Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer)
Maintained-by:  markus DOT oberhumer AT jk DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at (Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer)
Primary-site:   ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/ui/
                330kB libkb-1.01.tar.gz
Alternate-site: ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/libs/
                330kB libkb-1.01.tar.gz
Alternate-site: ftp://x2ftp.oulu.fi/pub/msdos/programming/libs/
                371kB libkb101.zip
Alternate-site: ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/c/
                371kB libkb101.zip
Platforms:      libkb is known to work on the following platforms:
                  Linux 1.2.x with gcc (aout)
                  Linux 2.x with gcc/egcs (glibc1, glibc2)
                  MSDOS with Borland C v3.1/v4.0 (16 bit)
                  MSDOS with Microsoft C v7.0 (16 bit)
                  MSDOS with djgpp v1 + gcc (32 bit)
                  MSDOS with djgpp v2 + gcc (32 bit)
                  MSDOS with Watcom C v10.5 (32 bit)
Copying-policy: Copyrighted but freely distributable.
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"Cody" <cody1 AT ktsnet DOT com> wrote in message news:3ab04ed5 AT leia DOT ktsnet DOT com...
> Does anyone have an extremely fast keyboard handler for 32-bit dos that is
> safe?  I also need one that's translated into 16-bit code, because more
than
> likely it's going to have to be in assembler, which I have a... "fear"...
of
> coding in (+ I understand the very basics but can't translate it at all).
I
> currently have a 16-bit keyboard handler (that was written for turbo
pascal
> 6.0 in asm), but it changes the keyboard handler and restores it at the
end
> of the program.  That's all fine and dandy until someone presses
> control+break in the program and it isn't able to restore the old keyboard
> handler, causing my friggin' comp to freeze.  Well, anyways, all I'm
begging
> for is some keyboard functions that can detect more than 1 key at once
that
> is fast and most importantly SAFE.  Any suggestions?
>
>
> P.S.  I don't want to use allegro's keyboard handler because everytime I
try
> anything with allegro, it will not compile.  I've tried everything:
> reinstalling djgpp, allegro, rhide, typing alleg in the libraries in
rhide,
> etc. etc.  to no avail.  If I could use allegro, it would be fine, but I
> can't.
>
>