WM_KEYDOWN has a delay....

ok im playing arround with the open gl example that comes with dev c++, and im making you able to change how big the triangle is and how fast it spins.

Code:

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc (HWND hWnd, UINT message,
                          WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{

    switch (message)
    {
    case WM_CREATE:
        return 0;
    case WM_CLOSE:
        PostQuitMessage (0);
        return 0;

    case WM_DESTROY:
        return 0;

    case WM_KEYDOWN:
        switch (wParam)
        {
        case VK_ESCAPE:
            PostQuitMessage(0);
            return 0;
        case VK_LEFT:
             x++;
             return 0;
        case VK_RIGHT:
             if (x>0)
                 x--;
             return 0;
        case VK_UP:
             y++;
             return 0;
        case VK_DOWN:
             if (y>0)
                 y--;
             return 0;
        }
        return 0;

    default:
        return DefWindowProc (hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
    }
}

when you press any of these it executes once, then waits for a half second or whatever and then carries on executing. like in a word processor. how can i avoid this? thanks

edit:
oh yeah, one more thing. is there a site with a comprehensive list of all open gl functions and their parametres and what they do and maybe even how to use them? thanks again

WM_KEYDOWN is sent via the windows message que.. so there may be a delay while your program is handling other messages. Also, keyboard events as far as windows is concerned, are not high-priority messages. Windows will generate keyboard event messages whenever it gets around to it. Try using GetAsyncKeyState(). As the name of the function implies, looks for keyboard input independant from the message que.. and will send keyboard events directly to your windows procedure.