Miscellany

import pygame
from pygame import *

global small_letters
global big_letters
global all_keys
small_letters="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`1234567890-=[];',./\ "
big_letters='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}:"<>?| '
all_keys=[pygame.K_a, pygame.K_b, pygame.K_c, pygame.K_d, 
              pygame.K_e, pygame.K_f, pygame.K_g, pygame.K_h,
          pygame.K_i, 
              pygame.K_j, pygame.K_k, pygame.K_l, pygame.K_m,
          pygame.K_n, 
              pygame.K_o, pygame.K_p, pygame.K_q, pygame.K_r,
          pygame.K_s, 
              pygame.K_t, pygame.K_u, pygame.K_v, pygame.K_w,
          pygame.K_x, 
              pygame.K_y, pygame.K_z, pygame.K_BACKQUOTE,pygame.K_1,
          pygame.K_2,
              pygame.K_3, pygame.K_4, pygame.K_5, pygame.K_6,
          pygame.K_7,
              pygame.K_8, pygame.K_9, pygame.K_0, pygame.K_MINUS,
          pygame.K_EQUALS,
              pygame.K_LEFTBRACKET, pygame.K_RIGHTBRACKET,
          pygame.K_SEMICOLON,
          pygame.K_QUOTE, pygame.K_COMMA,
              pygame.K_PERIOD, pygame.K_SLASH, pygame.K_BACKSLASH,
          pygame.K_SPACE]

def main():
    pygame.init()

    message=""
    
    global screen
    screen = pygame.display.set_mode((500, 500))
    pygame.display.set_caption("Eskimo Tutorial")

    screen.fill([0,0,0])

    font = pygame.font.Font(None, 25)     #
    teal = 64,255,248                     #
    yellow = 240,255,0  

    clock = pygame.time.Clock()

    letter_type="s"
    caps=False
    shift=False

    counter=0
    
    while 1:
        clock.tick(50)
        counter += 1
        if counter == 1000:
            print "time is out :)"
            raise crashExit
        
        for event in pygame.event.get():
            if event.type==KEYDOWN:
                if not event.key==K_LSHIFT:
                    shift=False
                if event.key==K_LSHIFT:
                    shift=True
                for e in range(len(all_keys)):
                    if event.key==all_keys[e]:
                        if letter_type=="b":
                            message=message+big_letters[e]
                        else:
                            message=message+small_letters[e]
                            
                if event.key==K_BACKSPACE:
                    message=message[:-1]                    

        if shift==True:
            print "---###>>>\nShifting\n<<<###---"
            letter_type="b"
        else:
            print "!!!!!!NOT SHIFTING@@@@@@@@@@"
            letter_type="s"

        print message

            

        pygame.display.flip()


a = 1
if a == 1:
    main()