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Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key?

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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@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"?
>>
>> 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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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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