caca_get_even(key|mouse)_* not accessable by c++ interface

[sebastianohl]

Hi,

I am trying to use the c++ interface. However, when I try to evaluate a pressed key event, I did not get access to key codes.

The reason is that the Event class is not providing any functionality other than access to the type. I cannot even use the standard c functions as the caca_event_t data structure is protected.

Moreover, the Event class provides a public type attribute. I expected that this attribute will hold the event type. However, it is not updated by the getEvent function.

is there something that I missed or is this simply missing functionality

A solution would be to enhance the Event class by getter functions. Even that I do not use mouse functionality (yet), these getters would also be needed for the mouse access functions.

Regards
Sebastian

testcode:

Event event;
dp.getEvent(Event::CACA_EVENT_KEY_PRESS, &event, 0);
if (event.type & CACA_EVENT_KEY_PRESS) // this is not working as the type field is not updated
{
     auto key event.getKeyCH(); // what I would expect
     auto key = caca_get_event_key_ch(&event.e); // not working either
}

solution sketch for type and key_ch

class myEvent : public Event
{
  public:
    int getKeyCH() { return caca_get_event_key_ch(&this->e); }
    ::caca_event_type getType() { return caca_get_event_type(&this->e); }
};