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From: morrell@hpsal2.HP.COM (Michael Morrell)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Portability problems.
Message-ID: <9490002@hpsal2.HP.COM>
Date: 10 Oct 88 23:28:39 GMT
References: <200@anselm.UUCP>
Organization: HP System Architecture Lab, Cupertino
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/ hpsal2:comp.sources.wanted / pfarrell@anselm.UUCP (Gladiator Supreme) /  6:12 am  Oct  7, 1988 /
We are porting a piece of software called edit-one to an vax 8600
running ultrix. In the program itself are several definitions that
apparently were in included files in other systems, but do not exist
here. Some are as follows,
KEY_UP
KEY_DOWN
Etc Etc
KEY_IL
KEY_IC
KEY_EIC
and all sorts of other fun definitions. (I can pretty much figure out
what key up, key down  etc is) (The IL EIC IC, oh well)
KEY_F(c)
where c is an integer apparently refering to a function key, and the 
function returns to an int. If anyone has a clue to what these are, or
better yet, can mail me a copy of the include file, it would be
appreciated.

Pat                           !dartvax!anselm!pfarrell
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These are "#define"d in /usr/include/curses.h on System V machines and their
variants.  I assume ultrix is BSD-based.  The curses package on System V
has a method to accept input from "special" keys.  For example, many keyboards
have keys labelled "Insert Line" (KEY_IL), "Next" (KEY_NEXT), "Delete Char"
(KEY_DC), and several others (KEY_EIC stands for "Exit Insert Character").

I don't think there is much you can do except to "#ifdef" around these.

Hope this helps,

  Michael