How do you read the arrow keys?

Jody Hagins hagins at gamecock.rtp.dg.com
Sat Dec 29 03:43:36 AEST 1990


In article <3080 at dali>, icsu7039 at nero.cs.montana.edu (Spannring) writes:
|> 
|>     I am currently porting some menu routines from MS-DOG to Unix.  
|> What is the proper (terminal independent) way of reading the arrow
|> and/or function keys?
|> 
|> 
|> --
|> ====================================================================
|>  Six of one, 110 (base 2) of       | Craig Spannring
|>  another.                          | icsu7039 at caesar.cs.montana.edu
|>  ----------------------------------+--------------------------------
|> 



The best way to implement terminal independent interfaces is with
curses.  Read the manpage, and it will answer all your questions.
However, if you still have problems, no problem in asking.



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