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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.mtu.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: jalvarez@uno.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Alt-keys on text mode applications Date: Fri, 13 Oct 95 18:52:13 PDT Lines: 12 Message-ID: <NEWTNews.813635692.20455.jalvarez@sundev.uno.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool039.max6.ffx1.va.dynip.alter.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage The linux console returns an escape sequence when pressing Alt plus a regular key (e.g. Alt-a produces <ESC>a, Alt-b produces <ESC>b, etc. in raw mode). The FreeBSD console driver does not appear to return anything special when Alt is pressed. Is this being considered ? What do people do to use Alt-keys on application programs (use the ioctl for the keyboard state) ? Thanks, --Jesus Alvarez Software UNO