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Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key?

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On 7/28/2012 7:50 AM, crankypuss wrote:
> On 07/28/2012 05:45 AM, dickey@his.com wrote:
>> On Friday, July 27, 2012 12:29:53 PM UTC-4, crankypuss wrote:
>>> On 07/27/2012 05:00 AM, dickey@his.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.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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"?
>>
>> On a non-GUI login, I wouldn't expect a help-menu (puzzled there).
>> For xterm in a desktop, I suppose it's possible for the window-manager
>> to have F1 bound (Mac OS X's settings do this with some of the
>> function keys, though I've disabled most of those...).
>>
>
> On the non-GUI login the F1 key is readily available.
>
> Other keys, like ctl-C and ctl-alt-D are firmly bound.
>
> Can you offer any information about how to modify this on Linux?  I'm
> relatively new to Linux and don't know where that is controlled.

Try a Linux newsgroup.

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ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-07-27 04:42 -0600
  Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? dickey@his.com - 2012-07-27 04:00 -0700
    Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-07-27 10:29 -0600
      Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? dickey@his.com - 2012-07-28 04:45 -0700
        Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-07-28 05:50 -0600
          Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-07-28 08:39 -0400
            Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-07-28 15:21 +0200
              Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-07-28 10:15 -0400
              Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-07-29 03:54 -0600
                Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-07-29 13:31 +0200
                Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-07-30 05:07 -0600
                Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-07-30 18:27 +0200
                Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-07-29 21:13 -0400
                Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-07-30 05:08 -0600
                Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-07-30 07:09 -0500
                Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-07-30 10:39 -0400
          Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2012-07-30 18:53 +0000
            Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-07-31 04:43 -0600
              Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-07-31 08:03 -0500
      Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-07-31 22:08 -0400
        Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-08-01 02:43 -0600
          Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-08-01 07:34 -0400

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