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ncurses chtype and ordinary char?
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| alex k 2004-11-16, 8:48 pm |
| hi!
i am writing a program that uses ncurses.
i want non-blocking input, so i guess i should
use wgetch() and not wgetstr().
but wgetch() returns a special kind of ncurses
character, an int big i think. how do i get an
ordinary C char from that?
i have googled, read manpages and source, but
failed to get a clue. perhaps i shouldnt use wgetch()
at all?
tia / alex
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| Hi,
getch() returns a chtype ( = unsigned long ).
here is an example.
chtype waitkey()
{
chtype ch;
ch = getch(); // getch return -1 when non blocking !!!
switch(ch)
{
case KEY_F(1) : cout << "F1 pressed" << endl;
break;
case 0x1b : cout << "Escape key pressed" << endl;
break
case 'A' : cout << "Capital A pressed" << endl;
break;
etc, etc, etc
}
return ch;
}
"alex k" <pirx@df.lth.se> schreef in bericht
news:7e21850b.0411161813.341eec2d@posting.google.com...
> hi!
>
> i am writing a program that uses ncurses.
> i want non-blocking input, so i guess i should
> use wgetch() and not wgetstr().
> but wgetch() returns a special kind of ncurses
> character, an int big i think. how do i get an
> ordinary C char from that?
>
> i have googled, read manpages and source, but
> failed to get a clue. perhaps i shouldnt use wgetch()
> at all?
>
> tia / alex
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