OpenEuphoria

Re: 3.0.3 Release Candidate for Windows/DOS

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> May 30, 2007
• 694 views

Juergen Luethje wrote:
> 
> Hi Jacques, you wrote:
> 
> > I Juergen,
> > Strangely I don't get the same result as you. I translated key.ex with
> > euphoria
> > 3.0.2 and Borland compiler and contrary to you I don't get the ESC and
> > function
> > keys.
> > Its not really a surprise to me because When using borland or LCC, the
> > backend
> > use win32api function ReadConsole()
> > and before calling wingetch() get_key() SetConsoleMode with
> > ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT
> > flag.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> After I had translated 'key.ex' with the Eu 3.0.3 Release Candidate and
> compiled with Borland, I realized that the program doesn't return a code
> e.g. for ESC and the function keys. _For me_ it was a surprise, because
> I do not know the internal stuff, and because in the documentation of
> get_key() it reads:
> | Special codes are returned for the function keys, arrow keys etc.
> Neither in the documentation of get_key() nor of wait_key() there is a
> comment concerning this issue with Borland and LCC.
> 
> Then I tested the same with the current Eu 3.0.2, but probably by mistake
> I translated/compiled with Watcom instead of Borland. So it wrongly looked
> to me that the same thing worked fine with Eu 3.0.2. I'm sorry.

I had better look at this more carefully, and probably reinstate
Jacques' bug fix in the next release candidate.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com