From:	gautam AT interlog DOT com (Gautam N. Lad)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Checking and retrieving keypresses in Allegro
Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 97 20:00:20 GMT
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Hi,
I have started creating my own GUI, because:
1) I'm too lazy to use or learn Allegro's
2) To me, Allegro's GUI is ugly (guess it's just for testing/debugging)
3) And, because I want total control over my GUI system

So, now, how can I find out if a key is being pressed, just anywhere.
Whenever a key is pressed, I want to find out what that key is.

I've looked into Allegro's GUI.C source, in the d_edit_proc section (and just 
about everywhere else), but I'm confused as to how it retrieves key presses.  
Does it have anything to do with MSG_CHAR?  Allegro's keyboard handler is 
interrupt based, so it is constantlly recieving keypresses, right?  How can I 
retrieve these keys?

Thanks!
Bye!

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