On 2/29/2008 7:16 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> Dieter Menne wrote:
>> Dear Rglers,
>>
>> when using a callback in rgl (Windows, if it matters)
>>
>> http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/library/rgl/html/callbacks.html
>>
>> I would like to get the Asynchronous keyboard status (as least
>> Shift/Control, but preferably other key) to set markers in a plot.
>>
>> getGraphicsEvents seems to be limited to normal graphics windows.
>>
>>
> That's a general hardware problem, not really an rgl problem: you just
> want to query the keyboard. It definitely depends on the platform.
> Windows has GetKeyState, GetKeyboardState, and GetAsyncKeyState, each
> with slightly different behaviour. For example,
>
> GetKeyState(VK_SHIFT);
>
> will tell you if either shift key is down. There are also VK_LSHIFT and
> VK_RSHIFT constants to distinguish the two shift keys. Here's an inline
> version (untested):
>
>
> isshifted <- cfunction(signature(result="integer"),
> includes = "#include <windows.h>",
> body = "result[0] = getKeyState(VK_SHIFT)",
> convention = ".C")
>
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
Now I'm on Windows, I can see that doesn't work. Here's a version that
almost does:
library(inline)
isshifted <- cfunction( includes = "#include <windows.h>",
body = "return ScalarInteger(GetKeyState(VK_SHIFT));")
The problem with this one is that it puts "#include <R.h>" ahead of
"#include <windows.h>", and that causes a compile error because of a
clash in the use of names.
If you edit the generated source you can fix this, but I suppose
cfunction should allow you to put the windows include first, and I
suppose R should try to avoid clashing with it.
Duncan Murdoch
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