Re: A83: Re: Ti-Files...?

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Re: A83: Re: Ti-Files...?


Naw, that function is called _getk. I suppose Ahmed's GET_KEY is just calling
one of these (_getkey or _getk), I think I checked that out some time ago.

Linus

On 27-Oct-98, David Phillips wrote:

>Assuming that it is the same as the 85/86, the GET_KEY command is like the
>getkey function in TI-BASIC.  It reads all keys (except on), including 2nd
>and doesn't pause.  _GETKEY goes into low-power-mode until a key is pressed.
>It sets the contrast, handles 2nd and alpha, and returns a different key
>depending on if 2nd/alpha was pressed.  It also supports APD, whereas
>GET_KEY does not.  GET_KEY is useful when reading keys for a game (though
>it's almost always better to read the ports directly), and _GETKEY for input
>to a non-realtime application, or when waiting for a keypress to continue
>(like a title screen).

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Master M <benjamin99@juno.com>
>To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Monday, October 26, 1998 7:07 PM
>Subject: Re: A83: Re: Ti-Files...?


>>
>>You should have just totally raised all hell and crippled them.  On
>>another note, what's the difference between the GET_KEY command Ahmed
>>uses and the _GETKEY command in the ti-docs for ppl who know what I'm
>>talking about.
>>
>>>
>>>I actually gave my password away cause I added a column and less than
>>>a week
>>>later I look at the staff page to find my name replaced by someone
>>>I've never
>>>heard of.  I asked Matt if I'd been kicked off the team and he just
>>>said yes.
>>>Never gave me a reason or even a warning which does piss me off.  I
>>>would have
>>>just changed things around on my own, but Adam inspired me to let
>>>someone who
>>>has had experience like Bryan to do it.
>>>
>>>signeD
>>>Quija13
>>>
>>
>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<+>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>       See ya,
>>       Mastermind
>>
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>>
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