Re: GUI-less app to capture key_press_events only

["A. Pagaltzis" <pagaltzis gmx de>]

* Eric Lenio <eric lenio net> [2004-10-05 17:25]:
> Actually the issue is related to the Curses.pm module: the
> problem is that Curses does NOT trigger an event by pressing
> the control (or shift or mod) key by itself.  I fumbled my way
> through building a very simple Gtk2 app which did recognize the
> event.  But that little test app had a Gtk window, and I want
> to get away from having any window.

Hmm.. Google Groups finds

> Message-Id: <iznog77lx3h fsf stekt46 oulu fi>
>
> You need to set the console in a mode in which it gives you key
> codes and not ASCII characters.  The ioctl is in <linux/kd.h>, IIRC.
>
> There is also a program called "dumpkey" or "showkey" which
> waits for key presses and displays the key codes.  Its source
> code might help you.  The program was part of the "kbd"
> package, I think.

and

> Message-ID: <LdhL4 780$f77 14961 news6-win server ntlworld com>
>
> IMHO, a better route might be to use one of the libraries for
> raw mode which already exist. :-) If you're using svgalib, `man
> keyboard_init' is a good place to start. In the unlikely event
> that you're needing to read such keys in text mode, you might
> want to try my old `rawkey' library, which I think is at
> ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/ui/rawkey-0.21.tar.gz.
> Most likely you'll want to use svgalib though.

Regards,
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