keyboardmodule

#Keyboard

##Description This unit contains all the constants representing both the characters and their ordinal values for all possible keystrokes that can be read by Turing.

Constants beginning with �KEY_� are char values. These are the values returned by getch and used as an index into the Input.KeyDown array. The constants that the constants KEY_KEYPAD_5, KEY_SHIFT, KEY_CTRL and KEY_ALT can only be used in conjunction with Input.KeyDown. The getch and getchar subprograms do not return these values. All other constants with with SHIFT, CTRL and ALT as part of the name cannot be checked for in the Input.KeyDown array.

Constants beginning with �ORD_� are int values and represent the ordinal values (values returned by the ord function) for all the possible keystrokes.

Here is a list of most of the constants

KEY_F1 .. KEY_F12 KEY_CTRL_A .. KEY_CTRL_Z KEY_SHIFT_F1 .. KEY_SHIFT_F12 KEY_ALT_A .. KEY_ALT_Z KEY_CTRL_F1 .. KEY_CTRL_F12 KEY_ALT_1 .. KEY_ALT_0

KEY_ALT_F1 .. KEY_ALT_F12

KEY_HOME KEY_CTRL_HOME KEY_UP_ARROW KEY_CTRL_UP_ARROW KEY_PGUP KEY_CTRL_PGUP KEY_LEFT_ARROW KEY_CTRL_LEFT_ARROW KEY_RIGHT_ARROW KEY_CTRL_RIGHT_ARROW KEY_END KEY_CTRL_END KEY_DOWN_ARROW KEY_CTRL_DOWN_ARROW KEY_PGDN KEY_CTRL_PGDN KEY_INSERT KEY_CTRL_INSERT KEY_DELETE KEY_CTRL_DELETE

KEY_BACKSPACE KEY_KEYPAD_5 * KEY_TAB KEY_SHIFT * KEY_ENTER KEY_CTRL * KEY_ESC KEY_ALT *

KEY_CTRL_OPEN_BRACKET KEY_CTRL_BACKSLASH KEY_CTRL_CLOSE_BRACKET KEY_CTRL_CARET KEY_CTRL_UNDERSCORE KEY_CTRL_BACKSPACE KEY_ALT_MINUS KEY_ALT_EQUALS KEY_BACK_TAB KEY_SHIFT_TAB

Above constants with �ORD_� instead of �KEY_�

ORD_A .. ORD_Z ORD_0 .. ORD_9 ORD_LOWER_A .. ORD_LOWER_Z

ORD_SPACE ORD_EXCALAMATION_MARK ORD_QUOTATION_MARK ORD_HAS_MARK ORD_DOLLAR_SIGN ORD_PERCENT_SIGN ORD_AMPERSAND ORD_SINGLE_QUOTE ORD_OPEN_PARENTHESIS ORD_CLOSE_PARENTHESIS ORD_ASTERISK ORD_PLUS ORD_COMMA ORD_MINUS ORD_PERIOD ORD_DOT ORD_SLASH ORD_COLON ORD_SEMICOLON ORD_LESS_THAN ORD_EQUALS ORD_GREATER_THAN ORD_QUESTION_MARK ORD_AT_SIGN ORD_OPEN_BRACKET ORD_BACKSLASH ORD_CLOSE_BRACKET ORD_CARET ORD_UNDERSCORE ORD_APOSTROPHE ORD_OPEN_BRACE ORD_BAR ORD_CLOSE_BRACE ORD_TILDE

Characters marked with an asterisk (*) are keys that can only be detected using Input.KeyDown.

All constants in the Keyboard module are exported unqualified. (This means you can use the constants directly without having to use the qualifier "Keyboard.".)

##See also getch.html, getchar.html, and input_keydown.html.