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		<webMaster>matthew@allegro.cc (Matthew Leverton)</webMaster>
		<lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 23:29:22 +0000</lastBuildDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>I&#39;m trying to make a basic alegro 5 game. At the end of the game I need to get user info to create a leaderboard. How can I get the user type his/her name and print it on the screen at the same time?</p><p>I&#39;m new in allegro. I searched a lot but couldn&#39;t find something I can use. Someone suggested using ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_CHAR but i don&#39;t know how to use it for every single key on the keyboard.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (ma3stro)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 17:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>This is the function I use in my game which probably is full of bad coding, but it might help you...</p><div class="source-code"><div class="toolbar"><span class="button numbers"><b>#</b></span><span class="button select">Select</span><span class="button expand">Expand</span></div><div class="inner"><span class="number">  1</span><span class="c">///Function grabs keypresses - ENTER NAME</span>
<span class="number">  2</span><span class="k1">int</span> grab_input<span class="k2">(</span><span class="k1">int</span> player<span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number">  3</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number">  4</span><span class="k1">int</span> happen<span class="k3">=</span><span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  5</span><span class="k1">char</span>    edittext<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">255</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k3">=</span><span class="s">""</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  6</span><span class="k1">char</span>    return_string<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">255</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  7</span><span class="k1">int</span>     caret  <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">0</span>, result <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  8</span><span class="k1">const</span> BUFFERSIZE <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">255</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  9</span><span class="k1">char</span> letter<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">255</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k3">=</span><span class="s">""</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 10</span><span class="k1">char</span> mess<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">255</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 11</span><span class="k1">int</span> <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_298.html" target="_blank">exit</a><span class="k3">=</span><span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 12</span>
<span class="number"> 13</span><span class="k1">while</span> <span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_298.html" target="_blank">exit</a><span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span><span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 14</span>   <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 15</span>   <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_EVENT"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_EVENT</span></a> ev<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 16</span>   <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_TIMEOUT"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_TIMEOUT</span></a> timeout<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 17</span>   <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init_timeout"><span class="a">al_init_timeout</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">&amp;</span>timeout, <span class="n">0</span>.<span class="n">06</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 18</span>   <span class="k1">bool</span> get_event <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_wait_for_event_until"><span class="a">al_wait_for_event_until</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>event_queue, <span class="k3">&amp;</span>ev, <span class="k3">&amp;</span>timeout<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 19</span>
<span class="number"> 20</span>    <span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>ev.type<span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span>ALLEGRO_EVENT_DISPLAY_RESIZE<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 21</span>                <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_acknowledge_resize"><span class="a">al_acknowledge_resize</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 22</span>                <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_TRANSFORM"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_TRANSFORM</span></a> trans<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 23</span>                <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_identity_transform"><span class="a">al_identity_transform</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">&amp;</span>trans<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 24</span>                <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_scale_transform"><span class="a">al_scale_transform</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">&amp;</span>trans,<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_display_width"><span class="a">al_get_display_width</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k3">/</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k1">float</span><span class="k2">)</span>disp_data.width,<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_display_height"><span class="a">al_get_display_height</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k3">/</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k1">float</span><span class="k2">)</span>disp_data.height<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 25</span>                <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_use_transform"><span class="a">al_use_transform</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">&amp;</span>trans<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 26</span>                <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_flush_event_queue"><span class="a">al_flush_event_queue</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>event_queue<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 27</span>                update_screen_elements<span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 28</span>                xscalar<span class="k3">=</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_display_width"><span class="a">al_get_display_width</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k3">/</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k1">float</span><span class="k2">)</span>disp_data.width<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 29</span>                yscalar<span class="k3">=</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_display_height"><span class="a">al_get_display_height</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k3">/</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k1">float</span><span class="k2">)</span>disp_data.height<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 30</span>                <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 31</span>                <span class="k1">else</span>
<span class="number"> 32</span>    <span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>ev.type<span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span>ALLEGRO_EVENT_TIMER<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 33</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_scaled_bitmap"><span class="a">al_draw_scaled_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>background_bmp,<span class="n">0</span>,<span class="n">0</span>,<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_bitmap_width"><span class="a">al_get_bitmap_width</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>background_bmp<span class="k2">)</span>,<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_bitmap_height"><span class="a">al_get_bitmap_height</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>background_bmp<span class="k2">)</span>,<span class="n">0</span>,<span class="n">0</span>,disp_data.width,disp_data.height,<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 34</span>
<span class="number"> 35</span>        <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_737.html" target="_blank">sprintf</a> <span class="k2">(</span>mess,<span class="s">"ENTER PLAYER %d NAME"</span>,player<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 36</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_text"><span class="a">al_draw_text</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>Font<span class="k2">[</span>disp_data.height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">12</span><span class="k2">]</span>, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_map_rgb"><span class="a">al_map_rgb</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">5</span>,<span class="n">5</span>,<span class="n">5</span><span class="k2">)</span>,disp_data.width<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">2</span><span class="k3">-</span><span class="n">1</span>, disp_data.height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">12</span><span class="k3">-</span><span class="n">1</span>, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE,mess<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 37</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_text"><span class="a">al_draw_text</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>Font<span class="k2">[</span>disp_data.height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">12</span><span class="k2">]</span>, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_map_rgb"><span class="a">al_map_rgb</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">5</span>,<span class="n">5</span>,<span class="n">5</span><span class="k2">)</span>,disp_data.width<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">2</span><span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">1</span>, disp_data.height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">12</span><span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">1</span>, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE,mess<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 38</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_text"><span class="a">al_draw_text</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>Font<span class="k2">[</span>disp_data.height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">12</span><span class="k2">]</span>, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_map_rgb"><span class="a">al_map_rgb</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">255</span>,<span class="n">255</span>,<span class="n">255</span><span class="k2">)</span>,disp_data.width<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">2</span>, disp_data.height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">12</span>, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE,mess<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 39</span>
<span class="number"> 40</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_text"><span class="a">al_draw_text</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>Font<span class="k2">[</span>disp_data.height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">40</span><span class="k2">]</span>, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_map_rgb"><span class="a">al_map_rgb</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">5</span>,<span class="n">5</span>,<span class="n">5</span><span class="k2">)</span>,disp_data.width<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">2</span>, disp_data.height-disp_data.height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">8</span>, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE,
<span class="number"> 41</span>                                         <span class="s">"LEAVE BLANK TO GENERATE A RANDOM NAME"</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 42</span>        <span class="c">//al_draw_filled_rectangle(0,disp_data.height/3-disp_data.height/8,disp_data.width,disp_data.height/3+disp_data.height/8,al_map_rgb(50,150,50));</span>
<span class="number"> 43</span>        <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_737.html" target="_blank">sprintf</a> <span class="k2">(</span>letter,<span class="s">"%s|"</span>,edittext<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 44</span>        <span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>caret&gt;0<span class="k2">)</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_text"><span class="a">al_draw_text</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>Font<span class="k2">[</span>disp_data.height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">12</span><span class="k2">]</span>,Player<span class="k2">[</span>player<span class="k2">]</span>.colour,disp_data.width<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">2</span>, disp_data.height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">3</span>, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE,edittext<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 45</span>            <span class="k1">else</span>
<span class="number"> 46</span>            <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_text"><span class="a">al_draw_text</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>Font<span class="k2">[</span>disp_data.height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">12</span><span class="k2">]</span>,<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_map_rgb"><span class="a">al_map_rgb</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">0</span>,<span class="n">0</span>,<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span>,disp_data.width<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">2</span>, disp_data.height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">3</span>, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE,<span class="s">"|"</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 47</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_flip_display"><span class="a">al_flip_display</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 48</span>        <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 49</span>
<span class="number"> 50</span>    <span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>ev.type<span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span>ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_UP<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 51</span>      <span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>ev.keyboard.keycode<span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span>ALLEGRO_KEY_SPACE<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 52</span>            edittext<span class="k2">[</span>caret<span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">32</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 53</span>            caret<span class="k3">+</span><span class="k3">+</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 54</span>            <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 55</span>            <span class="k1">else</span>
<span class="number"> 56</span>        <span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>ev.keyboard.keycode<span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span>ALLEGRO_KEY_BACKSPACE<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 57</span>            <span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>caret <span class="k3">&gt;</span> <span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span> caret--<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 58</span>            edittext<span class="k2">[</span>caret<span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="s">'\0'</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 59</span>            <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 60</span>            <span class="k1">else</span>
<span class="number"> 61</span>        <span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>ev.keyboard.keycode<span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span>ALLEGRO_KEY_ENTER<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 62</span>            <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_298.html" target="_blank">exit</a><span class="k3">=</span><span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 63</span>            <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 64</span>            <span class="k1">else</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 65</span>            <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_737.html" target="_blank">sprintf</a> <span class="k2">(</span>letter,<span class="s">"%c"</span>,ev.keyboard.keycode<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">64</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 66</span>            <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_752.html" target="_blank">strcat</a> <span class="k2">(</span>edittext,letter<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 67</span>            caret<span class="k3">+</span><span class="k3">+</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 68</span>            <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 69</span>        <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 70</span>    happen<span class="k3">=</span><span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 71</span>   <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 72</span>
<span class="number"> 73</span><span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>caret<span class="k3">&lt;</span><span class="k3">=</span><span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 74</span>      random_name<span class="k2">(</span>player<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 75</span>      <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 76</span>      <span class="k1">else</span>
<span class="number"> 77</span>      <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_756.html" target="_blank">strcpy</a> <span class="k2">(</span>Player<span class="k2">[</span>player<span class="k2">]</span>.name,edittext<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 78</span>
<span class="number"> 79</span><span class="k1">return</span> <span class="k2">(</span>edittext<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 80</span><span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 81</span><span class="c">//</span>
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Yodhe23)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 18:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>Thanks a lot, that gave me an idea. </p><p>I have one more question: Can I get user name from console screen then print it to the project screen? I tried a little bit but whenever i try to use &#39;stdio.h&#39; functions, program crashes.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (ma3stro)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p><a href="http://alleg.sourceforge.net/a5docs/refman/events.html#allegro_event_key_char">ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_CHAR</a> is usually the best way to get text input. You can still use the keycode field to check for arrow keys, etc.</p><div class="quote_container"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/forums/thread/613334/990881#target">ma3stro</a> said:</div><div class="quote"><p> I have one more question: Can I get user name from console screen then print it to the project screen? I tried a little bit but whenever i try to use &#39;stdio.h&#39; functions, program crashes.</p></div></div><p>Hard to say what&#39;s wrong without seeing your code...
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (torhu)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>If I&#39;m not asking too much can you post a simple code about usage of ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_CHAR? I can use the arrow keys, enter and esc but not combined letters.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (ma3stro)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>Here&#39;s a basic example of keyboard entry + backspace:</p><div class="source-code"><div class="toolbar"><span class="button numbers"><b>#</b></span><span class="button select">Select</span><span class="button expand">Expand</span></div><div class="inner"><span class="number">  1</span><span class="p">#include &lt;allegro5/allegro.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  2</span><span class="p">#include &lt;allegro5/allegro_font.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  3</span>
<span class="number">  4</span><span class="k1">int</span> main<span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number">  5</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number">  6</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init"><span class="a">al_init</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  7</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init_font_addon"><span class="a">al_init_font_addon</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  8</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_install_keyboard"><span class="a">al_install_keyboard</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  9</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_DISPLAY"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_DISPLAY</span></a><span class="k3">*</span> d <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_create_display"><span class="a">al_create_display</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">800</span>, <span class="n">600</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 10</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_FONT"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_FONT</span></a><span class="k3">*</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/font"><span class="a">font</span></a> <span class="k3">=</span> al_create_builtin_font<span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 11</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE</span></a><span class="k3">*</span> q <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_create_event_queue"><span class="a">al_create_event_queue</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 12</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_register_event_source"><span class="a">al_register_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>q, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_keyboard_event_source"><span class="a">al_get_keyboard_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 13</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_register_event_source"><span class="a">al_register_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>q, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_display_event_source"><span class="a">al_get_display_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>d<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 14</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_USTR"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_USTR</span></a><span class="k3">*</span> str <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_ustr_new"><span class="a">al_ustr_new</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"Type something..."</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 15</span>  <span class="k1">int</span> pos <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k2">(</span><span class="k1">int</span><span class="k2">)</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_ustr_size"><span class="a">al_ustr_size</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>str<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 16</span>
<span class="number"> 17</span>  <span class="k1">bool</span> quit <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">false</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 18</span>  <span class="k1">while</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span>quit<span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 19</span>  <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 20</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_clear_to_color"><span class="a">al_clear_to_color</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_map_rgb_f"><span class="a">al_map_rgb_f</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">0</span>, <span class="n">0</span>, <span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 21</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_ustr"><span class="a">al_draw_ustr</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/font"><span class="a">font</span></a>, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_map_rgb_f"><span class="a">al_map_rgb_f</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">1</span>, <span class="n">1</span>, <span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">)</span>, <span class="n">400</span>, <span class="n">300</span>, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE, str<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 22</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_flip_display"><span class="a">al_flip_display</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 23</span>    
<span class="number"> 24</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_EVENT"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_EVENT</span></a> e<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 25</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_wait_for_event"><span class="a">al_wait_for_event</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>q, <span class="k3">&amp;</span>e<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 26</span>    <span class="k1">switch</span><span class="k2">(</span>e.type<span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 27</span>    <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 28</span>      <span class="k1">case</span> ALLEGRO_EVENT_DISPLAY_CLOSE:
<span class="number"> 29</span>        quit <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">true</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 30</span>        <span class="k1">break</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 31</span>      <span class="k1">case</span> ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_CHAR:
<span class="number"> 32</span>        <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span>e.keyboard.unichar <span class="k3">&gt;</span><span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">32</span><span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 33</span>        <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 34</span>          pos <span class="k3">+</span><span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_ustr_append_chr"><span class="a">al_ustr_append_chr</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>str, e.keyboard.unichar<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 35</span>        <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 36</span>        <span class="k1">else</span> <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span>e.keyboard.keycode <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> ALLEGRO_KEY_BACKSPACE<span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 37</span>        <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 38</span>          <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_ustr_prev"><span class="a">al_ustr_prev</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>str, <span class="k3">&amp;</span>pos<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 39</span>            <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_ustr_truncate"><span class="a">al_ustr_truncate</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>str, pos<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 40</span>        <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 41</span>          
<span class="number"> 42</span>        <span class="k1">break</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 43</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 44</span>  <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 45</span><span class="k2">}</span>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 23:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 23:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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