From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e69c0e2c6824a636 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk) Subject: Re: help abut function keys Date: 1998/08/06 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 378667656 References: <6qbvh5$2un$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> Organization: * JerryWare *, Leiden, Holland Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-08-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: jtapasai@my-dejanews.com wrote: : I am learning ADA with GNAT 3.10 under Linux and my problem is : : I usually used a function that returns an integer wich is the ASCII code : of the pressed key. When the code is returned , I use a case when ... : However, the F-keys have an special code. : For example, F1 is ^]]A wich is 91 27 27 65 or something similar . The 'special' key's on a PC's keyboard have no ansi code. Also, since you are using linux, there is not even a garantee that the keyboard used is in fact a PC keyboard. I'm writing this on a VT220 clone. Assuming you can be sure your program will only run on a PC console you can either use nested case statements to filter out the proper keys, or write your own keyboard input function using your own keyboard code type. Jerry. -- -- Jerry van Dijk | email: jdijk@acm.org -- Leiden, Holland | member Team-Ada -- Ada & Win32: http://stad.dsl.nl/~jvandyk