Homebrew [PoC]DaisyFace Demo

[Arseface_TM]

Version 1.0.0 is now available for use

In order to take it any further I'd need to know what else people would want added, or if there are any other features they'd want. Are people comfortable with the circle pad or do you want d-pad inputs? What character set would you want for L+R. Is there a need for zL or zR?

Done List

- Piece of Crap Proof of Concept
- Add a display to the bottom screen showing which characters will be pressed
- Add R/L contexts for shift, ctrl, and symbol
- Make it a library
- Added icon to demo

To do List

- Credit people for things
- Make a moving @ demo with shamelessly stolen DoomRL music to expose my true motive
- Other unlikely things

Release Version 1.0 uploaded

Features

A simply typing application that doesn't save

Spoiler: Potatoshot

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[orangy57]

Screenshots.

 

[machinamentum]

Why does the source use the BIT macro for button checking? ctrulib provides predefined enums for checking individual bits/buttons. Using the BIT macro just makes the code harder to read.

Characters should be sent back through a user-defined callback as this is how most keyboard libraries handle it. Take a look at GLFW's keyboard API

 

[Arseface_TM]

Screenshots.

It's a black screen with letters on it. It's a proof of concept of a library that will be used for a demo of a prototype of a port of a game.

Why does the source use the BIT macro for button checking? ctrulib provides predefined enums for checking individual bits/buttons. Using the BIT macro just makes the code harder to read.

Characters should be sent back through a user-defined callback as this is how most keyboard libraries handle it. Take a look at GLFW's keyboard API

I just looked at the input example in ctrulib and it used BIT. Didn't know there were enums, that'll make things way easier.

I will also work on making a callback thingy.

 

[DogParty]

So is this going to be a library for emulated keyboard input based on button combinations? I've only glanced over the source for a little.

 

[Arseface_TM]

So is this going to be a library for emulated keyboard input based on button combinations? I've only glanced over the source for a little.

Yup. The idea is to have it work like Steams Big Picture Daisy Wheel, while being geared towards roguelike controls.

 

[Arseface_TM]

So I've been at this for about a day now and I can't get getKeyInput() to return a char. Any pointers would be appreciated.

 

[machinamentum]

So I've been at this for about a day now and I can't get getKeyInput() to return a char. Any pointers would be appreciated.

Change

printf(daletter);

to

printf("%c\n", daletter);

%c is a format specifier for printf that tells it to print just a single char.

Also, change chr = '\0' to chr = 0. '\0' returns as an ascii zero which makes it hard to check if you intended to return ascii zero or not. Other than that it seems to be working OK.

EDIT: also I changed

char letters[144] = {"abc8def9ghi6jkl3mno2pqr1stu4vwx7yz05" + // 0
                      "ABC8DEF9GHI6JKL3MNO2PQR1STU4VWX7YZ05" +   // 1
                      "123456789012345678901234567890123456" + // 2
                      "123456789012345678901234567890123456"}; // 3

to

char letters[144] = {"abc8def9ghi6jkl3mno2pqr1stu4vwx7yz05"  // 0
                      "ABC8DEF9GHI6JKL3MNO2PQR1STU4VWX7YZ05"  // 1
                      "123456789012345678901234567890123456"  // 2
                      "123456789012345678901234567890123456"}; // 3

Notice the lack of plus symbols.

 

[Arseface_TM]

Super Useful Stuff

Thanks a bunch. I was able to fix it up a lot thanks to that.


Alrighty, I edited to OP to include the newest build, which works.

Features:
Displays inputs

a-z 0-9
A-Z 0-9 (hold L)
symbols and tab/backspace/new line/space(hold R)
Junk numbers(hold L+R)

Types things. Doesn't save.

 

[Arseface_TM]

Version 1.0.0 is out.

Made it a library.
Added wheel and input displays.
Added a picture of it working.

Any feedback on how usable it is?

I'll work on prepping a "roguelike" demo.