Kamaelia.UI.Pygame.KeyEvent.KeyEvent

class KeyEvent(Axon.Component.component)

KeyEvent([allkeys][,key_events][,outboxes]) -> new KeyEvent component.

Component that sends out messages in response to pygame keypress events.

Keyword arguments: - allkeys -- if True, all keystrokes send messages out of "allkeys" outbox (default=False) - key_events -- dict mapping pygame keycodes to (msg,"outboxname") pairs (default=None) - outboxes -- dict of "outboxname":"description" key:value pairs (default={})

Inboxes

• control : Shutdown messages: shutdownMicroprocess or producerFinished
• callback : Receive callbacks from PygameDisplay
• inbox : Receive events from PygameDisplay

Outboxes

• outbox : NOT USED
• signal : Shutdown signalling: shutdownMicroprocess or producerFinished
• allkeys : Outbox that receives *every* keystroke if enabled
• display_signal : Outbox used for communicating to the display surface

Methods defined here

__init__(self, allkeys, key_events, outboxes)

x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

main(self)

Main loop.

waitBox(self, boxname)

Generator. yields 1 until data is ready on the named inbox.

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