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Re: alt key
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Dan Nelson |
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Re: alt key |
Date: |
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 12:36:38 -0600 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
In the last episode (Dec 07), Bob Rossi said:
> How does ncurses handle reading alt combinations from the keyboard?
> If the uesr types 'Alt-e', what does ncurses get from the terminal?
> Is this described in the terminfo database?
I don't think there are any terminfo caps describing it. Some OSes (or
terminal emulators) will send ESC and the key when Alt-key is pressed.
Others will send the key with the high bit set (i.e. alt-is-meta mode).
Others just send the regular key.
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Dan Nelson
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