inkey() doesn't return anything

[Poshu]

This code work on windows but does not return any value on osx (compile in console mode).

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OpenConsole("test")
EnableGraphicalConsole(#True)

Repeat
	Debug Inkey()
ForEver

Tested with 5.21 x64 and 5.22 x64 on an up-to-date maverick

[Fred]

Seems to be working in current release, can anybody else confirm ?

[mk-soft]

Special key comes as esc sequence
Is that right?

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OpenConsole("test")
;EnableGraphicalConsole(#True)

Repeat
  k$ = Inkey()
  If k$
    If k$ = #ESC$
      c$ = ""
      Repeat
        k$ = Inkey()
        If k$ = ""
          Break
        Else
          c$ + Asc(k$) + " "
        EndIf
      ForEver
      Debug "ESC + " + c$
    Else
      Debug k$
    EndIf
  Else
    Delay(100)
  EndIf
ForEver

[Fred]

I think it should returns empty when non ascii key is pressed and RawKey() should be used. But for now, RawKey() doesn't catch any non ascii character except ESC. Could you try on Linux to see if it's the same behaviour or if it's OS X specific ?

[mk-soft]

I think it should returns empty when non ascii key is pressed and RawKey() should be used. But for now, RawKey() doesn't catch any non ascii character except ESC. Could you try on Linux to see if it's the same behaviour or if it's OS X specific ?

OS: Mint Linux LMDE 6 and Raspberry x64

An ESC sequence for the special keys is also displayed under Linux. Partially up to 4 characters after ESC.
Under Raspberry unfortunately no terminal window with debug output starts and had to compile a program first

P.S
What does not work is to start purebasic-ide under SSH and Local at the same time. Just a tip

[Fred]

According to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/153 ... th-getchar we will need to use ncurse for this to work everywhere, which is a big dependency to add.