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>SDL_PushEvent</H1
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>SDL_PushEvent&nbsp;--&nbsp;Pushes an event onto the event queue</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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>int <B
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>(SDL_Event *event);</CODE
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>The event queue can actually be used as a two way communication channel. Not only can events be read from the queue, but the user can also push their own events onto it. <TT
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>event</I
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>Pushing device input events onto the queue doesn't modify the state of the device within SDL.</P
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>Returns <SPAN
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