khoutuYaTaetsi

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A string naming the **physical key** most recently pressed, whatever character it types.

khoutuYaTaetsi

taetsi tells you which character was typed; khoutuYaTaetsi tells you which physical key on the keyboard was pressed.

The difference shows when SHIFT is held: pressing a with SHIFT gives taetsi === 'A' but khoutuYaTaetsi === 'KeyA'. The key is the same key; only the character changed.

It is also stable across keyboard layouts (QWERTY, AZERTY): the key physically labelled “A” always gives 'KeyA'.

Arrow keys have names too, like 'ArrowLeft', and Bopa’s constants such as MOLEMA_MOTSWI are exactly that string:

fa (khoutuYaTaetsi === MOLEMA_MOTSWI) { ... }

khoutu is attested Setswana for code: an error code is a khouto ya phoso. Bopa takes the more widely written spelling.

Examples

The physical key and the character it typed

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diri mmatota = '';
diri letshwaoLone = '';

tiro setaLoeto() {
  thalaKanefase(400, 220);
  tlhalosa('Mela e mebedi ya mokwalo: taetsi ya mmatota le letshwao le e le kwadileng. Tobetsa setshwantsho pele.');
}

tiro tshwantsha() {
  bokamorago(240);
  tlatsaMmala(40, 60, 90);
  bogoloJwaMokwalo(20);
  rulaganyaMokwalo(BOGARE);
  thalaMokwalo('khoutuYaTaetsi: ' + mmatota, 200, 95);
  thalaMokwalo('taetsi: ' + letshwaoLone, 200, 130);
}

tiro taetsiETobeditswe() {
  mmatota = khoutuYaTaetsi;
  letshwaoLone = taetsi;
}

khoutuYaTaetsi

Examples

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