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From: bll@seer.UUCP (Brad Lanam)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: How to get a function key in BSD curses
Keywords: BSD curses function-key
Message-ID: <502@seer.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jun 90 02:19:15 GMT
Organization: Gateswood Software Inc.,  San Ramon, CA
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    Is there some easy way to get a function key using Berkeley curses?
I don't have access to the documentation, and the O'Reilly "curses" book
doesn't mention anything about the special keys.

    If there is no easy way, do I a) read the termcap entry, pull
out the sequences for the function keys I need, and watch for them
(is this an esc [ A...)? or b) figure out what values are returned
for the special keys and hard code those values into the program?

    Please E-mail.  Thanx
    -- Brad

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