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aa_getevent
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     #include <aalib.h>


     int aa_getevent
     (
         aa_context *c,
         int wait
     );

Parameters
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    `aa_context *c'
          Specifies the AA-lib context to operate on.

    `int wait'
          1 if you wish to wait for the even when queue is empty.

Description
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Return next event from queue.  Return next even from queue. Optionally
wait for even when queue is empty.

Return value
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Next event from queue (values lower than 256 are used to report ascii
values of pressed keys and higher values have special meanings) See the
AA-lib texinfo documentation for more details.  0 is returned when
queue is empty and wait is set to 0.