Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 11:49:15 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Felix Natter <f DOT natter AT ndh DOT net>
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Subject: Re: keys.h and ascii-interpretation
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On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Felix Natter wrote:

> i looked at key.h, but it seems like getkey and getxkey only translate
> key-presses where meta-keys are involved. i need to find out whether a
> keypress is meta or ascii and then get the correct interpretation of the key
> in either ascii or something like arrow_up or CTRL_X etc.

Please explain what do you mean by a ``meta-key''.  Is that a key that
is produced by pressing Alt and some other key?

If so, you could prepare a table where all the K_Alt_* keys have a
non-zero entry.