| Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? [message #178778 is a reply to message #178774] |
Wed, 01 August 2012 08:43   |
crankypuss
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On 07/31/2012 08:08 PM, Norman Peelman wrote:
> On 07/27/2012 12:29 PM, crankypuss wrote:
>> On 07/27/2012 05:00 AM, dickey(at)his(dot)com wrote:
>>> On Friday, July 27, 2012 6:42:09 AM UTC-4, crankypuss wrote:
>>>> Using the C interface the incantation is "keypad(stdscr,
>>>> TRUE)"
>>>>
>>>> What is the equivalent using the PHP interface to ncurses?
>>>>
>>>> Pressing F1 just brings up gnome help (running in xterm under ubuntu
>>>> 11.10).
>>>
>>> that sounds as if you're using one of the vte-based hacks such as
>>> gnome-terminal,
>>> which hijack some keys - have to fix that by undoing the item in their
>>> respective
>>> setup dialogs.
>>>
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>> I'm using "xterm" and also on a cli (non-GUI) login... terminal type is
>> either "xterm" or "linux". Less stuff grabbed as Linux console.
>>
>> Any additional pointers/keywords I can use to find out more about
>> "undoing the item"?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> You can turn off the shortcuts by going to:
> Edit->Keyboard Shortcuts
>
> ...scroll down to Help->Contents and double-click the 'F1' entry and
> press 'Backspace' to disable it. Can this be done programmatic-ally? I
> don't know.
I don't want to turn my Linux installation into a mutant, I just want to
be able to run a mutant program on it.
> As an aside if I remember correctly what little I've done in
> (php)ncurses when checking for those 'special' keys, they return a
> multi-byte sequence... so based on the first result you may need to do
> another getchar (or whatever it's called) as well. I do believe the
> arrow keys and F# keys meet this requirement.
Some do, some don't. Trying to support every known obsolete terminal
does kind of kick the ability to use current physical console hardware
in the crotch. I foresee much reading of C-language source code and
much swearing prior to throwing up my hands and rewriting
who-knows-what, and I'm not liking that nightmare, done it too many
times before.
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