This is a VERY efficient way to manage input from the keyboard, yet also keep the CPU cool
This modification is an expansion of Raspberry Pi topic which is greatly dependent on Richards solution,
It is highly valuable on BBCSDL and BBC4W ...
Code: k%=0:resp%=0 what%=0 REM This section gives a keypressed value that can be stored to a string REPEAT WAIT 1 what%=FNkeychk IF what%>0 THEN PRINT STR$(what%)+" "+CHR$(what%) UNTIL FALSE END REM keep FNkeychk and FNmoucheck together REM **************************************************************** DEFFNkeychk REPEAT k% = INKEY(4) resp%=FNmoucheck UNTIL k%<>-1 OR resp% >0 =k% DEF FNmoucheck PRIVATE mx%,my%,mb%,x%,y%,b% MOUSE x%,y%,b% IF mx%=0 AND my%=0 AND mb%=0 THEN mx%=x%:my%=y%:mb%=b%: =-1 IF mx%=x% AND my%=y% AND mb%=b% THEN =-1 ELSE mx%=x%:my%=y%:mb%=b%:=1 REM ********* END OF EFFICIENT CONTROLS ****************************