Re: Input for TTY menus

[Stefan Monnier]

>> read_char won't handle the arrow keys.  To handle the arrow keys you
>> need to use read_key_sequence
> Thanks.  This means I'll probably need to clone some small subset of
> the code in command_loop_1 after it calls read_key_sequence, in order
> to process the key sequence, right?

I don't think there's much to do there, but clearly you'll want to do
something with the sequence, indeed.  Although you might like to simply
setup your keymaps in such a way that you can just use
read_key_sequence_cmd (which should usually be the same as (key-binding
<keys>), except when the keymaps are dynamic and might change between
the time they were read by read_key_sequence and the call to
key-binding) to know what operation to perform.

>> (probably after setting up some overriding-terminal-local-map).
> What would be the purpose of overriding-terminal-local-map in this
> case?

The key sequences read by read_key_sequence depend on the currently
active keymaps to decide when a key sequence is complete (i.e. when to
stop reading subsequent events).


        Stefan