Re: alt key

[Thomas Dickey]

On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 02:09:32PM -0500, Bob Rossi wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 12:36:38PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Hmm, so there is no portable way to receive this data I guess, if it's
> not descrbied in the term entries?

right.

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