Re: alt key

[Bob Rossi]

On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 12:36:38PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Dec 07), Bob Rossi said:
> > How does ncurses handle reading alt combinations from the keyboard?
> > If the uesr types 'Alt-e', what does ncurses get from the terminal?
> > Is this described in the terminfo database?
> 
> I don't think there are any terminfo caps describing it.  Some OSes (or
> terminal emulators) will send ESC and the key when Alt-key is pressed. 
> Others will send the key with the high bit set (i.e. alt-is-meta mode). 
> Others just send the regular key.

Hmm, so there is no portable way to receive this data I guess, if it's
not descrbied in the term entries?

Thanks,
Bob Rossi