Hi Dean,
> I can match the (key) value of backspace to BS using 'if' but am not sure
> how to using 'case'
>
> (setq BS "^?")
Note that "^?" is DEL (ASCII 127), mapped to by some keyboard drivers when the
backspace key is pressed.
Backspace (ASCII 8) is "^H".
> (setq Key (key))
> (if (= Key BS) (prinl "yes BS")) #works fine when backspace is pressed
> (case Key ("a" (prinl "a pressed"))) #works fine when "a" is pressed
> (case Key (BS (prinl "BS pressed"))) #???
'case' does not evaluate the clauses. But as the value of BS is constant, you
can use a read macro
(case Key (`BS (prinl "BS pressed")))
But better catch both values:
(prinl
(case (key)
(("^H" "^?") "BS pressed")
(T "Other key pressed") ) )
♪♫ Alex
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