Re: [SLUG] ncurses & key scan codes

[Andy Eager]

Graham Smith wrote:

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:18, Andy Eager wrote:

Hi all,

I am writing some code using ncurses and would like to be able to
distinguish between:
   Tab-Key
   Shift Tab-Key
I have tried using getch in both keypad and normal mode but all I seem
to get back is 0x09 (normal tab)
So far only tried it with TERM=linux and TERM=xterm, but you'd think
they would have back-tab functionality.
Thanks,

Andy

Hi Andy,

You can use 'od' to check keyscan codes. I used it to modify the termcap file.

No problem getting the scan codes, I find that Tab & Shift-Tab both give 
me 0x09 quit nicely.

What I want is something other than 0x09 for Shift-Tab.

Looks like terminfo (replacement for termcap by the look of it) allows 
me to define what I want but the syntax for it looks quite daunting!!
(sendmail for the keyboard!!!)

Andy

Thanks for your help

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