[linux-audio-dev] Howto grab keys?

[Pamplemousse Mk2]

Paul Davis wrote:

  > if simply getting ascii characters from ncurses is enough, then this
> message doesn't matter. but if you start to want to use modifiers
> combined with keys (e.g. Alt-a, Ctrl-F1), you need to move beyond the
> normal ncurses model.
> 
> if you take a look at the ardour ncurses front end "ardour/ksi", you
> will find a relatively small app that does something pretty close to
> what you are thinking about. the key element is setting up the tty in
> medium-raw mode so that you can get actual key events from the
> keyboard rather than ASCII chars the way that ncurses normally does.
> 
> try browsing CVS at:
> 
>    http://ardour.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ardour/ksi_ardour/
> 
> and take a look at physical_keyboard.cc and ksi.cc to get an idea of
> what i am talking about.
> 
> --p
> 

Ok ok. I will look at ardour code.
Thanks.