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simulate_keypress(3alleg4) Allegro manual simulate_keypress(3alleg4)

simulate_keypress - Stuffs a key into the keyboard buffer. Allegro game programming library.

#include <allegro.h>

void simulate_keypress(int key);

Stuffs a key into the keyboard buffer, just as if the user had pressed it. The parameter is in the same format returned by readkey(). Example:


simulate_keypress(KEY_SPACE << 8);
if (readkey() == (KEY_SPACE << 8))
allegro_message("You simulated Alt+Space\n");

install_keyboard(3alleg4), simulate_ukeypress(3alleg4), keypressed(3alleg4), readkey(3alleg4)

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