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- From: septh@club-internet.fr (Stephan Schreiber)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Error in RKM Libs 3rd Edition?
- Date: 19 Apr 1996 01:42:30 GMT
- Organization: Grolier Interactive Europe
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- Le 13-Avr-96 16:13:12, Timo Karjalainen ecrivait a propos de Error in RKM
- Libs 3rd Edition?:
- > On page 819 of RKM: Libraries, 3rd Edition, it is stated that the
- > rawkey code for the Escape key would be 45. 0x45 is implied since
- > in the same table there are hex values such as 4C, 4D.
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- > However, my program reports an IDCMP_RAWKEY IntuiMessage->Code value
- > of 0x1B when I press Esc. I recall seeing this 0x1B somewhere else
- > as the Esc keycode, so I think it's the correct one.
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- > The question is: Why the heck does RKM Libs page 819 list 0x45 for the
- > Escape keycode? 0x1B isn't even 45 decimal.
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- > (Another point of interest would be the poor key whose keycode *is*
- > 0x45... Mistaken for Esc in every program written with RKM. :-D)
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- > tikarjal
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- 0x45 is the raw keycode for the Escape key as reported by IDCMP_RAWKEY.
- 0x1B is its ANSI keycode as reported as IDCMP_VANILLAKEY...
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- Septh
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