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[theoriginalbit]

Does anyone know if its possible to do multi-key press bindings?

for example, something like this

event = { os.pullEvent() }

if event[1] == "key" and (event[2] == keys.ctrl and event[2] == keys.c) then
  print("ctrl + c has been pressed")
end

[Doyle3694]

I assume the last event[2] is ment to have a 3 in it, and no, sadly not. Though, a held down key will spam keyevents, which could be used as a check for a held down key. But any easy way that doesn't use up 100 lines? Sadly, nope

[theoriginalbit]

Doyle3694, on 16 December 2012 - 01:17 AM, said:

I assume the last event[2] is ment to have a 3 in it, and no, sadly not. Though, a held down key will spam keyevents, which could be used as a check for a held down key. But any easy way that doesn't use up 100 lines? Sadly, nope

damn there goes that plan

{ os.pullEvent() } for a key returns the event and 1 parameter. so the table would look like this { "key", 23 } where 23 is a key code. so that last 2 was deliberate.

[CoolisTheName007]

Well, if you use a multitasking framework, it's easy to run a task in the background that listens for char and key events, and keeps track of the last time a key was pressed. Mine has more than 1000, I think, but that's not a bad thing!
EDIT: oh, your signature...

[theoriginalbit]

CoolisTheName007, on 16 December 2012 - 01:49 AM, said:

Well, if you use a multitasking framework, it's easy to run a task in the background that listens for char and key events, and keeps track of the last time a key was pressed. Mine has more than 1000, I think, but that's not a bad thing!

food for thought, and a later day when its the last feature to implement

CoolisTheName007, on 16 December 2012 - 01:49 AM, said:

EDIT: oh, your signature...

you like?

[CoolisTheName007]

TheOriginalBIT, on 16 December 2012 - 01:53 AM, said:

and a later day when its the last feature to implement

What do you mean?

[theoriginalbit]

I will get around to implementing the multikey bindings in my program when its the last feature since all the other features are easier

[Doyle3694]

Yeah that's a very good idea.