fredc@umrisca.isc.umr.edu (Fred Clauss) (07/31/90)
I am editing some text in a canvas window (not using pw_text), and I want to treat input from the cursor movement keys (R8, R10, R12, &R14) intelligently. When I set the input mask to let these keys through, I get escape sequences. After reading the SunView Programmer's Guide, it seems readily apparent that this is the default, as it says that the event codes for the function keys will only be returned when they are asked for explicitly. What does it mean? Does it mean that "the notifier" cannot handle the cursor/function keys as a single event? If not, how do you tell the notifier that you want the event codes rather than escape sequences? If so, that means I have to decode escape sequences coming from the notifier to find out which key has been pressed. If this is the case, what good is the notifier? And why haven't they built this capability into it? Thanks in advance, Fred Clauss INTERNET: fredc@isc.umr.edu (preferred) Intelligent Systems Center or flc@umree.ee.umr.edu University of Missouri UUNET: {occrsh|sunarch}!umree!flc Rolla, MO 65401 BITNET: S081192@UMRVMA