Re: Difference between "ESC" and "8" ??

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From: Fuzzy Fox
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:53

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slindsay@nyx.cs.du.edu (Steve Lindsay) writes:

>Sorry people.... I meant to say in this original post how
>do you make it tell the difference between the "8" key and
>the "Backspace" key not the ESC key...

When I read the keyboard with getch(), the backspace key returns 0x08,
and the 8 key returns 0x38.  What method are you using to read the
keyboard?

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!rei2!fox
From: fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: Difference between "ESC" and "8" ??
Message-ID: <1992Dec21.185303.2327@rei.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:53:03 GMT
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