simulate_keypress(3)

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

Synopsis

#include <allegro.h>
void simulate_keypress(int key);

Description

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
");

See Also

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