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Re: [MiNT] AES related question: How to keep track if my application is receiving input?



>> The mouse position can be tracked using rectangle events. As for the key up
>> event - I agree with others that this is difficult to detect cleanly under
>> TOS. You might have to hook into the keyboard vector to do this - not a nice
>> thing to do under a multitasking OS!

IIRC Odd Skancke proposed a draft API for this.

This functionality is badly needed for stuff like games and emulators too. Right now the only alternative is to grab the IKBD vector, which works somewhat for fullscreen applications, but completely sucks for windowed stuff.

-- PeP