Re: A86: _getkey
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Re: A86: _getkey
You should never use _getky (unless you want the keycode in OP2)...
It's the TI-BASIC command and it's not cool to use that in asm.
Use _getcsc instead, it's the same thing, but smaller and faster!
----- Original Message -----
From: Andreas Finne <a_finne@hotmail.com>
To: <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 1:53 PM
Subject: RE: A86: _getkey
>
> There isn't an equate for 2nd when using _getkey. It just sets a flag if
you
> press 2nd. If you use _getky (GET_KEY) you can check for 2nd, but GET_KEY
> (_getky) doesn't wait for a keypress, and it doesn't run the APD routine
> either. Both _getkey and _getky put the corresponding code for the key
> pressed into A. When you do for example 'cp kEnter' it compares A with
that
> value from the include file. The values from _getkey are different from
the
> ones you get with _getky, so if you use _getkey you use kEnter and with
> _getky you use K_ENTER. There is yet another call called _getcsc. I think
it
> returns the same values as _getky.
>
> Andreas Finne
> a_finne@hotmail.com
>
> >From: "Brian Deuel" <bdeuel@pathwaynet.com>
> >
> >Thanks! I should have thought to look in the include file. Turns out >I
was
> >correct about _getkey returns with regard to the labels and the
> > >accumulator, and the comparison to see if a certain key was pressed. >I
> >couldn't find the equate for the 2ND key, though. Maybe the label >is
> >different.
> >
> >Thanks to all who gave advise on this matter. My program works now, >and
> >I'm on my way!!
> >
> >Brian Deuel
> >Brian's Coinop History Archive
> >http://coinop.vintagegaming.com
> >
> >
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