gint/include/events.h

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//---
//
// gint core module: events
//
// Finally some user-friendly API.
//
//---
#ifndef _EVENTS_H
#define _EVENTS_H
/*
event_type_t
Something user programs will surely use most often.
*/
typedef enum
{
EventType_None = 0,
ET_None = EventType_None,
EventType_User = 1,
ET_User = EventType_User,
EventType_KeyPressed = 2,
ET_KeyPress = EventType_KeyPressed,
EventType_KeyRepeated = 3,
ET_KeyRepeat = EventType_KeyRepeated,
EventType_KeyReleased = 4,
ET_KeyRel = EventType_KeyReleased,
} event_type_t;
/*
event_t
Wake up, something's going on. The union member that holds information
about the event is implicitly defined by the type attribute.
*/
typedef struct
{
event_type_t type;
union
{
// For ET_User.
void *data;
// For ET_KeyPress, ET_KeyRepeat and ET_KeyRel.
int key;
};
} event_t;
//---
// Event management.
//---
/*
event_push()
Queues a user-defined event, allowing it to be retrieved by getevent()
or pollevent() later. Most often you will not need to use this, as
system events are automatically queued. Pushing ET_None events is not
allowed.
Returns non-zero on error.
*/
int event_push(event_t event);
/*
waitevent()
Returns the next event. If no one is available, waits for something to
happen. This function uses low-level sleep and should be preferred to
active waiting using loops.
*/
event_t waitevent(void);
/*
pollevent()
Returns the next event. If no one is available, returns an event whose
type is ET_None. This function always returns immediately.
*/
event_t pollevent(void);
#endif // _EVENTS_H