[A83] Re: _getKey
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[A83] Re: _getKey
I didn't know that....thanks :-)
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From: assembly-83-bounce@lists.ticalc.org
[mailto:assembly-83-bounce@lists.ticalc.org] On Behalf Of Tijl Coosemans
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:20 PM
To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: [A83] Re: _getKey
> From: "SUCKER from the old days" <sucker_pvn@hotmail.com>
>
> > No it doesn't wait, so you have to make a loop.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> > Xor a
> > KeyLoop:
> > B_CALL GetCSC
> > Or a
> > Jr z,KeyLoop ;Note: I HATE MICROSOFT WORD AND ITS FRIGGIN
> > AUTO- CORRECTING B.S.
> >
> > At the end of this loop, the accumulator contains the value for the
> > keypress. I believe all of them begin with 'sk'. For example,
> > "skenter", "skgraph", "sktrace". This routine does not allow you
> > to access system menus.
> Is it better than _getk??
_getk calls _getcsc and then converts that keycode into real number in
OP1,
which is used by the TI-Basic getKey instruction. In assembly, using
_getcsc
instead of _getk, is a lot faster because you don't need that OP value
anyway.
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