| Re: ncurses on Linux how to capture F1 key? [message #178755 is a reply to message #178754] |
Sat, 28 July 2012 12:39   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 7/28/2012 7:50 AM, crankypuss wrote:
> On 07/28/2012 05:45 AM, dickey(at)his(dot)com wrote:
>> On Friday, July 27, 2012 12:29:53 PM UTC-4, crankypuss wrote:
>>> On 07/27/2012 05:00 AM, dickey(at)his(dot)com wrote:
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>>>> On Friday, July 27, 2012 6:42:09 AM UTC-4, crankypuss wrote:
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>>>> > Using the C interface the incantation is "keypad(stdscr,
>>>> > TRUE)"
>>>
>>>> >
>>>
>>>> > What is the equivalent using the PHP interface to ncurses?
>>>
>>>> >
>>>
>>>> > Pressing F1 just brings up gnome help (running in xterm under
>>>> > ubuntu 11.10).
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> that sounds as if you're using one of the vte-based hacks such as
>>>> gnome-terminal,
>>>
>>>> which hijack some keys - have to fix that by undoing the item in
>>>> their respective
>>>
>>>> setup dialogs.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>> I'm using "xterm" and also on a cli (non-GUI) login... terminal type is
>>>
>>> either "xterm" or "linux". Less stuff grabbed as Linux console.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any additional pointers/keywords I can use to find out more about
>>>
>>> "undoing the item"?
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>> On a non-GUI login, I wouldn't expect a help-menu (puzzled there).
>> For xterm in a desktop, I suppose it's possible for the window-manager
>> to have F1 bound (Mac OS X's settings do this with some of the
>> function keys, though I've disabled most of those...).
>>
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> On the non-GUI login the F1 key is readily available.
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> Other keys, like ctl-C and ctl-alt-D are firmly bound.
>
> Can you offer any information about how to modify this on Linux? I'm
> relatively new to Linux and don't know where that is controlled.
Try a Linux newsgroup.
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