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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers arrow keys / special keys Post 47820 by fpmurphy on Thursday 19th of February 2004 10:48:16 AM
Old 02-19-2004
Use of arrow keys has no place in shell scripting. Your
script will be inherently unportable and will probably
fail if you use a different terminal definition.
 

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exsample(3alleg4)						  Allegro manual						 exsample(3alleg4)

NAME
exsample - Playing digital samples. Allegro game programming library. SYNOPSIS
#include <allegro.h> Example exsample DESCRIPTION
This program demonstrates how to play samples. You have to use this example from the command line to specify as first parameter a WAV or VOC sound file to play. If the file is loaded successfully, the sound will be played in an infinite loop. While it is being played, you can use the left and right arrow keys to modify the panning of the sound. You can also use the up and down arrow keys to modify the pitch. SEE ALSO
END_OF_MAIN(3alleg4), SAMPLE(3alleg4), SCREEN_H(3alleg4), SCREEN_W(3alleg4), adjust_sample(3alleg4), allegro_error(3alleg4), alle- gro_init(3alleg4), allegro_message(3alleg4), clear_to_color(3alleg4), desktop_palette(3alleg4), destroy_sample(3alleg4), font(3alleg4), install_keyboard(3alleg4), install_sound(3alleg4), install_timer(3alleg4), key(3alleg4), load_sample(3alleg4), makecol(3alleg4), play_sam- ple(3alleg4), poll_keyboard(3alleg4), rest(3alleg4), screen(3alleg4), set_gfx_mode(3alleg4), set_palette(3alleg4), textprintf_cen- tre_ex(3alleg4) Allegro version 4.4.2 exsample(3alleg4)
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