Inputs

[kolyamatic]

So, in my rush through the commands I have come to "input(x,y,length)".
Apparently one can only use an English layout of the keyboard (if you get me there) but not a German one.
(even the exclamation and question mark do not work as far as I know)

I read something similar before, regarding monofonts. (no direct context though)

Hence, I would like to know if there was a chance to use a German layout and if so, how that would work.




-- Kolyamatic

[Cybermonkey]

It is not possible to use the German keyboard layout although that only affects Windows where y and z is changed. On Linux and MacOS the "z" is on the correct place. It is however possible to code your own input routine, the EGSL input is actually implemented in EGSL. 

[kolyamatic]

It is however possible to code your own input routine, the EGSL input is actually implemented in EGSL. 

What do you mean by that?

Also, it does not only affect 'y' and 'z'.
For instance; when I press my "hyphen/underscore"-key, a slash show up, for it is the standard of an English keyboard layout.



-- Kolyamatic

[Cybermonkey]

Yes that's right. I had to make a decision because only one kind of keyboard could be supported at once, so I chose the standard SDL key layout.
I mean that the input routine was implemented in EGSL (Lua) and later ported to Pascal. I only use getkey, so it's possible to implement your own version. (So if getkey() returns a "z" you have to print/add a "y" etc.)