On 23 Mar 2003 at 9:32, ktb wrote: > On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 04:14:58AM -1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi Everyone - > > > > I remember using the DOS keyboard software interrupt > > in the old, old days to get the scancode, shift/alt/ > > ctrl state, the ascii code, etc. from a keystroke. > > I need this information for a cross-os application > > I am trying to write. > > [...] > > How do I get them in Linux running under X? I've > > looked and looked in CPAN and nothing rings > > a bell... > > > > Aloha => Beau; > > If you just want the scan-code - > $ man -k key > > dumpkeys > xmodmap > > hth, > kent
Thanks kent, but what I want to do is wait (or poll, or get a key event) on the keyboard and when a key is pressed (I guess actually on 'key up') obtain the scancode and control key state at that time. I am now looking through the X man pages - but I still can't find any ready-to-go perl module... Aloha => Beau; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
