Re: [pygame] Numeric wireless keyboard

["PierreLafrance1@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <PierreLafrance1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi
> I think you probably can't get those messages without creating a
> window, so try creating a window before getting events.

You were right all the way, it works now.
Thanks, I'm ready to verify my ARM platform

-- 
Pierre Lafrance
--

Brian Fisher wrote:
> I think you probably can't get those messages without creating a window,
> so try creating a window before getting events.
> 
>  Also, you don't want to have a separate poll and wait func, which are
> both called and both check for different messages. Both those functions
> remove messages from the queue, so if a your poll function gets a
> SDL_KEYDOWN message, it would end up throwing out the message and then
> your wait function would never receive it. Just do the Poll thing, and
> make it's switch statement do the prints for SDL_KEYDOWN as well.
> 
> Anyways, once your test program works for your normal keyboard, then you
> can try it out with the wireless in order to learn how SDL is or is not
> reading that things key data, which will help you understand where the
> problem lies and how to solve it.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:05 PM, PierreLafrance1@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:PierreLafrance1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> <PierreLafrance1@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:PierreLafrance1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     #include <stdio.h>
>     #include <stdlib.h>
>     #include "/usr/include/SDL/SDL.h"
> 
>     int MySDL_WaitEvent()
>     {
>        printf("About to call SDL_WaitEvent(&event)\n");
>        SDL_Event event;
>        SDL_WaitEvent(&event);
> 
>        switch (event.type)
>        {
>            printf("In switch/case of SDL_WaitEvent(&event)\n");
>            case SDL_KEYDOWN:
>                printf("The %s key was pressed!\n",
>                    SDL_GetKeyName(event.key.keysym.sym));
>                break;
>            case SDL_QUIT:
>                exit(0);
>        }
>     }
> 
> 
>     int MySDL_PollEvent()
>     {
>        printf("About to call SDL_PollEvent(&event)\n");
>        SDL_Event event;
>        while ( SDL_PollEvent(&event) )
>        {
>            switch (event.type)
>            {
>                printf("In switch/case of SDL_PollEvent(&event)\n");
>                case SDL_MOUSEMOTION:
>                    printf("Mouse moved by %d,%d to (%d,%d)\n",
>                        event.motion.xrel, event.motion.yrel,
>                        event.motion.x, event.motion.y);
>                    break;
>                case SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
>                    printf("Mouse button %d pressed at (%d,%d)\n",
>                        event.button.button, event.button.x, event.button.y);
>                    break;
>                case SDL_QUIT:
>                    exit(0);
>            }
>        }
>     }
> 
>     int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>     {
>        printf("About to call SDL_Init()\n");
>        if ( SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO|SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0 )
>        {
>            //fprintf(stderr, "Unable to init SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
>            printf("Unable to init SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
>            exit(1);
>        }
>        while(1)
>        {
>            printf("About to call MySDL_PollEvent()\n");
>            MySDL_PollEvent();
>            printf("About to call MySDL_WaitEvent()\n");
>            MySDL_WaitEvent();
>        }   //  while
> 
>        printf("About to call atexit()\n");
>        atexit(SDL_Quit);
>     }
> 
>     --
>     Pierre Lafrance
>     --
> 
>