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LYNX-DEV Re: msg00160.html
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Leonid Pauzner |
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LYNX-DEV Re: msg00160.html |
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Sun, 15 Feb 1998 04:10:51 +0300 (MSK) |
> On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Leonid Pauzner wrote:
>
> > -DRAWDOSKEYHACK is not found in src/makefile.dos
>
> You are correct. It was in the patch I submitted on 8 February 1998,
> but is not in the src/makefile.dos in the current distribution. I
> don't know how this occurred, but perhaps Tom can fix it with the next
> version.
>
> > BTW, this hack seems have in mind to map "alt-X" to "Q" (comments say so)
> > but this behavior really not detected.
>
> This works on a US keyboard. I suspect that your keyboard is using
No, Alt-X _work_ in your, Doug, version but help at "F1" - not,
and this is opposite to Wayne's version (actually I use
pdcurses from his "mylibs.zip"). No more.
> different scan codes. If you are using PDCurses, it appears that the
> scan code is picked up in "kptab" in PDCKBD.c, with "2D" mapped to
> "ALT_X". "ALT_X" is then defined as the token "0x1b8" (decimal 440) in
> curses.h. The RAWDOSKEYHACK looks for the token "440" when interpreting
> "ALT_X". If this doesn't work for your keyboard, you may have to patch
> kptab in PDCKBD.c so that the scan codes match your keyboard, if you
> want the RAWDOSKEYHACK to work for you.
>
> Since this code wasn't written by me, I may be misinterpreting how it
> works. I will send a copy of this email to the lynx-dev list. Perhaps
> someone there can shed more light on why this hack works for some
> keyboards, but not others.
> Doug
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> Doug Kaufman
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>