From: Groepaz (groepaz_at_gmx.net)
Date: 2002-12-14 16:22:27
On Saturday 14 December 2002 13:12, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote:
> Above proposal will give us three separate types of codes:
>
> 1. Output characters: CH_ESC, CH_HLINE, CH_VLINE
>
> 2. Input key codes: KEY_ESC, KEY_F1, KEY_F2
>
> 3. Key functions: KF_ABORT, KF_HELP, KF_SAVE
>
> Only 1. and 2. are defined by conio.
>
> To support writing of portable programs, it may be an idea, to develop some
> guidelines, which key codes to use for a program function. This may also
> help developers, since many programmers people just know one or two
> platforms really well. But, because these guidelines cover a higher layer,
> they would not be part of conio.
mmmh, thats still not really a reason not to define KEY_ESC with the code
ctrl+[ produces no? IMHO it would be a major annoyance if such (regulary
used) keys arent available everywhere. (i agree however, that only a choosen
few keys should be substituted like this)
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