From: Picklegnome <picklegnome@...>
Date: 2006-07-30T02:35:05+09:00
Subject: Loop Timing and Constant Input

A few quick questions:

How can I make a loop that runs at, say, 8Hz? That is, every 1/8 of a
second, it executes the loop. I could put a pause at the end of the loop
(what is the syntax for making the script wait a certain amount of time
before continuing?) but this is rather imprecise - I want the loop to take
1/8 of a second, including all processing time.

Secondly, how can I get input from the keyboard without the user pressing
enter? Say, the user is holding "R" and presses "K" while still holding down
"R". Can I get these key presses ("R"s, a "K", and more "R"s), dump them
into a buffer, sort out the unique ones (I know how to do this part) and
pass each of the unique key presses to the appropriate handlers?

Thanks,
Picklegnome