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From: peirce@gumby.cc.wmich.edu (Leonard J. Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Curses -- accessing keypad codes, Ultrix bugs
Keywords: curses, keypad, ultrix
Message-ID: <910@gumby.cc.wmich.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 89 20:21:02 GMT
References: <7500@wiley.UUCP>
Reply-To: peirce@gumby.cc.wmich.edu (Leonard J. Peirce)
Organization: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
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In article <7500@wiley.UUCP> doug@wiley.UUCP (Doug Rudoff) writes:
>
>I'm using curses on a DECstation 3100. The keypad() function does not
>work; it doesn't cause function keys to be tokenized at all. (Has
>anyone else found that problem? DEC says it has no plans to fix it.)
>

The keypad() routine is broken in VAX Ultrix 3.0, too.  I received a patched
copy from DEC that lets the arrow keys work ok but I have yet to make the
VT220 keys such as Next Screen and Prev Screen work.

I was told that keypad() was going to be fixed in 3.1.  I haven't installed
it yet so I can't be sure if it is.  If it isn't, I know that I'm going
to complain; maybe if enough of us do, DEC will *finally* fix it.
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