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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getch.3x')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getch.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getch.3x index b2b20ef..56028f8 100644 --- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getch.3x +++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getch.3x @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.17 2000/07/01 16:45:36 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.18 2001/02/25 00:20:30 tom Exp $ .TH curs_getch 3X "" .SH NAME \fBgetch\fR, @@ -223,6 +223,15 @@ Use of the escape key by a programmer for a single character function is discouraged, as it will cause a delay of up to one second while the keypad code looks for a following function-key sequence. +Note that some keys may be the same as commonly used control +keys, e.g., KEY_ENTER versus control/M, KEY_BACKSPACE versus control/H. +Some curses implementations may differ according to whether they +treat these control keys specially (and ignore the terminfo), or +use the terminfo definitions. +\fBNcurses\fR uses the terminfo definition. +If it says that KEY_ENTER is control/M, \fBgetch\fR, will return KEY_ENTER +when you press control/M. + When using \fBgetch\fR, \fBwgetch\fR, \fBmvgetch\fR, or \fBmvwgetch\fR, nocbreak mode (\fBnocbreak\fR) and echo mode (\fBecho\fR) should not be used at the same time. Depending on the |
