* mrbro...@juno.com had this to say on [24 Feb 2010, 19:56:57 -0700]: > > > On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:45:04 -0500 Sadrul Habib Chowdhury > <ima...@gmail.com> writes: > > * mrbro...@juno.com had this to say on [22 Feb 2010, 22:19:51 -0700]: > > > > > > > > > I see 'ku' in term.c, and I understand that that is the termcap > > name for > > > Cursor Up . I see that KMAPMDEF ties 0220 to that termcap. But I'm > > still > > > not seeing why 0220? Why not 258 or 31337? > > > > I can't say I know for sure, but I think the purpose is to keep the > > likewise values similar, e.g. ctrl+p is 020, and up arrow is '0220' > > (i.e. > > 020 with the eighth bit set). Similarly, down arrow is '0216' (which > > is > > ctrl+n with the eighth bit set), 'end' is '0205' (ctrl+e with eighth > > bit > > set), 'home' is '0201' (ctrl+a with eighth bit set) etc. > > I appreciate your patience, but there's still something I not getting. > Let me ask this: In your brand new list_window.c file, there is > gl_Window_input(). Inside is a switch where one of the cases is: > > case 0177: /* Backspace */ > > 177 isn't in term.c. So how did you know 0177 corresponds to the > backspace key?
That value comes from the 'kbs'/'kb' entry in terminfo/termcap. Most (all?) terminals set it to 0177. Cheers. Sadrul
