Thread: Reading hot keys

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    Reading hot keys

    Hi!
    How can I read "hotkeys" in Linux? The standard getch doeasn't work (neither scanf - obviusly).
    These hot keys codes are:
    Files - 133
    E-mail - 236
    WWW - 178
    Search - 229
    Files - 133
    E-mail - 236
    WWW - 178
    Mute - 160
    Volume - - 174
    Volume + - 176

    I've got these codes from xev.
    Thenks...

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    You can use either Curses for this functionality or write your own getch() function. See the tutorials of Curses (CLI based windowing) for more details.

    -Harsha.
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    I've already tried getch() from ncurses. Unfortuntely didn't work.
    It read every key (F1..F12 etc.) but NOT hot keys and 3 other keys "print scrn", "scroll lock", "pause break".
    I don't know why...

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