Via: uk.ac.southampton; Thu, 9 Sep 1993 11:23:13 +0100
From: Chris Boucher <C DOT C DOT Boucher AT southampton DOT ac DOT uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 11:07:54 BST
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp)
Subject: Re: backspace <--> delete

John E. Davis writes:
>    I am compiling a program with djgpp/gcc and so far, all has gone well.
> However, I would like to distinguish between pressing the ^H key and the
> backspace key.  Can I do this?  In addition, I want to distinguish between
> spacebar and Control-spacebar.

The trick is to look at the keyboard modifiers (INT 16 AH=02) every time
you read in a key - if you get a ^H and the control key isn't down then
it was backspace. 

Chris.

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