Re: Is it a ncurses-related failure?

[Thomas Dickey]

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Zbigniew Baniewski wrote:

> Description:
>
> I'm trying recently NetBSD V2.0. I noticed a strange thing: neither using
> aumix nor directly in mp3blaster I cannot raise volume using right-arrow key
> (aumix) nor ">" key (mp3blaster). I can only lower the volume.
>
> It isn't any sound hardware-related issue, because I can raise the volume in
> aumix pressing number keys (but only those from the top - not from numeric
> keypad).

Typically the numeric keypad is initialized to send different codes while 
in (n)curses mode than when in command-line mode.  That's the string given 
by (terminfo) smkx (termcap) ks.

There's an added complication: different terminal emulators treat the 
keypad differently.

> And because of this is my question: both programs are using ncurses library
> (installed ncurses-5.4nb1). Does the above mean, that I discovered a bug in
> ncurses? Is the patch available?

no - what you appear to be describing is a feature of the termcap/terminfo
in combination with the actual terminal (emulator).

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