NAME MapRawKey -- Decode single raw key input event to an ANSI string. (V36) SYNOPSIS actual = MapRawKey(event, buffer, length, keyMap) D0 A0 A1 D1 A2 WORD MapRawKey( struct inputevent *, strptr, word, struct Keymap * ); FUNCTION This console function converts input events of type IECLASS_RAWKEY to ANSI bytes, based on the keyMap, and places the result into the buffer. INPUTS event - an inputevent structure pointer. the event list is not traversed. buffer - a byte buffer large enough to hold all anticipated characters generated by this conversion. length - maximum anticipation, i.e. the buffer size in bytes. keyMap - a keymap structure pointer, or null if the default key map is to be used. RESULT actual - the number of characters in the buffer, or -1 if a buffer overflow was about to occur. EXAMPLE ... #define BUFFERLEN 80 /* length of longest expected mapping /* char buffer[BUFFERLEN]; struct inputevent ie; ... KeymapBase = OpenLibrary("keymap.library", 0); ... ie.ie_Class = IECLASS_RAWKEY; ie.ie_SubClass = 0; for (;;) { WaitPort(window->UserPort); while (im = (struct intuimessage *) getmsg(window->userport)) { switch (im->Class) { case RAWKEY: ie.ie_Code = im->Code; ie.ie_Qualifier = im->Qualifier; /* recover dead key codes & qualifiers */ ie.ie_EventAddress = (APTR *) *((ULONG *)im->IAddress); actual = MapRawKey(&ie, buffer, BUFFERLEN, 0); for (i = 0; i < actual; i++) ReportChar(buffer[i]); break; ... } ... } } ERRORS if actual is -1, a buffer overflow condition was detected. Not all of the characters in the buffer are valid. SEE ALSO devices/inputevent.h, devices/keymap.h