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Re: binding a key to OK, EXTRA or HELP does not output selected menu ent


From: Thomas Dickey
Subject: Re: binding a key to OK, EXTRA or HELP does not output selected menu entry
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 04:42:04 -0400
User-agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2)

On Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 08:24:01PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 03:04:20PM +0000, sgerwk--- via Bug-ncurses wrote:
> > This is about dialog-1.3-20190211
> > My understanding is that binding a key to OK, EXTRA or HELP in dialog makes
> > it the same as pressing the corresponding button.  The return value is
> > indeed correct, but the selected entry is not output.
> >
> > Example:  file "bindings" contains only "bindkey menubox ^k OK", and I run:
> >
> > DIALOGRC=bindings dialog --last-key --extra-button --help-button \--menu 
> > "menu" 20 70 20 abc efgh fgsdf ere 2>| log; echo $?; ls -l log
> >
> > Pressing Enter writes "abc" in "log".  Pressing Ctrl-K does not.  The
> > returnvalue is correct (0), and is also correct if I bind Ctrl-K to the
> > otherbuttons.
> 
> That part's a bug (unintended behavior).  I'm considering how to improve this.

https://invisible-island.net/dialog/CHANGES.html#t20190806


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