begin Ted Deppner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 02:43:12AM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > /* #define BACKSPACE 127 */ > > #define BACKSPACE 8 > > > > is there any way to deal with this other than making the backspace > > keycode into a global variable (or worse, passing its value to every > > function that needs it)? > > man termios - you can familiarize yourself with the main concepts using > the 'stty' shell command > > You'll need to do a get tcgetattr(), and check the value of the VERASE > option in c_cc element (termios_p.c_cc[VERASE]). That is the tty's erase > character. i'd rather do it with the preprocessor, but if that option isn't available to me, i accept my fate. :)
> You can also mess with X, no thanks. too intrusive for my tastes. i'd rather not write a program that starts playing with people's X server. thanks! pete -- PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D PGP Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
