Thread: Reading FKeys in curses

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    Question Reading FKeys in curses

    hello all, Have a question on ncurses:

    i am trying to acitvate the Function keys(at the top of the keyboard) by writting the following codes:


    ch = getch();
    if (ch == KEY_F(1))
    printw("F1 key pressed");

    now, my problem is that for some reason the function key is not read and the printw function does not work! is there another(ulternative) function that i should be using?

    tnx,
    ben

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    Use int WaitForChar; then,

    WaitForChar=getch();
    switch(WaitForChar)
    {
    case 27: // If the user presses escape
    // Do this stuff

    default:
    // Your default case
    }

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