KBDE

Section: KBDE Programmer's manual (3)
Updated: January 4, 2004
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NAME

kbde_press, kbde_release, kbde_press_release - Programming interface to keyboard emulator.

SYNOPSIS

#include <kbde/kbde.h>

int kbde_key_press(int key_code, char *buffer);

int kbde_key_release(int key_code, char *buffer);

int kbde_key_press_release(int key_code, char *buffer);

DESCRIPTION

kbde_press fill the buffer with NULL-terminated string of scancodes corresponding to the key key_code be pressed.

key_code defines can be found in the file <kbde/kbde.h>.

kbde_release fill buffer with scancodes corresponding to the key key_code release.

kbde_press_release fill buffer with scancodes corresponding to the key key_code press and release.

RETURN VALUE

All these function return -1 if key_code is outside the range 1..KBDE_KEY_LAST_USED. In this case buffer untouched. Otherwise return value is length of NULL-terminated string putted to buffer

NOTE

Ascii codes as described by ascii(7) and key_codes as described by xt_kbde_scancode(7) and <kbde/kbde.h> are different.

AUTHOR

Valery Reznic <valery_reznic@users.sourceforge.net>.

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