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Re: Question


From: Thomas Dickey
Subject: Re: Question
Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 21:16:47 -0400
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14)

On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 03:58:37PM -0700, K S wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> Is there any way for ncurses to detect a shift+enter combination?  I know
> that alt+[keys] have to be separated into two 'gets's.  Is there a FAQ to
> explain which key-combinations work?  For example,  ctrl+shift+[key] is the
> same as ctrl+[key].

ncurses (like any portable terminal application) only knows how to read
a sequence of bytes from the terminal.  You would see a distinct set of
bytes for shift-enter only in certain terminals - such as xterm with
some special initialization.

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Thomas E. Dickey <address@hidden>
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