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From: ray@jimi.cs.unlv.edu (Ray Tripamer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: console.device problem
Message-ID: <907@jimi.cs.unlv.edu>
Date: 30 Aug 88 02:27:26 GMT
Reply-To: ray@jimi.cs.unlv.edu (Ray Tripamer)
Organization: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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I am trying to get a Device Status Report from the console.device,
but to no avail.  I have followed the procedure in the RKM -
I created the message port, I/O request block, open the device, attach it to
my open window, using the code fragments in the RKM pretty much verbatim.

I can successfully write ANSI commands to move the cursor, clear the screen,
clear a line, change to inverse video, etc, and after some playing around,
I can successfuly read the special keys (function, arrow keys)
as their ANSI escape sequences, as well as regular keys.

But when I write the Device Status Report command that is described in
the RKM ( 0x9b 0x6e  ==> <CSI>n ) and then do reads until I see an 'R'
(the end of the DSR sequence) there doesn't seem to be anything on the
input stream.  For it to continue on, I have to type in an 'R' at the
keyboard.

So, does anyone know what I could be doing wrong?  I don't know what
else to try other that what the manual says.  BTW, it behaves exactly
the same with ConMan and with the regular console.

Thanks.
--
Ray Tripamer
ray@jimi.cs.unlv.edu