Subj : Linux / 5D
To : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Oli
Date : Thu Feb 23 2023 11:33 am
Wilfred wrote (2023-02-23):
WvV> It seems to have to do with how the getch() function is implemented in
WvV> the MingW compiler. The version in the old Borland Compiler seems to work
WvV> in reactos, or so some tests I did seems to indicate.
WvV> A few years back I made a little test program that showed this when
WvV> compiled with different compilers:
WvV>
http://fmail.vlzn.nl/files/getchtest.zip
I've compiled it with conio.h from
https://github.com/casualsnek/linuxconio on Linux and this is what I get when pressing
UP
DOWN
F1
F2
INS
DEL
$ ./getchtest-linuxconio
27 - 0000001B - '
91 - 0000005B - '['
65 - 00000041 - 'A'
27 - 0000001B - '
91 - 0000005B - '['
66 - 00000042 - 'B'
27 - 0000001B - '
79 - 0000004F - 'O'
80 - 00000050 - 'P'
27 - 0000001B - '
79 - 0000004F - 'O'
81 - 00000051 - 'Q'
27 - 0000001B - '
91 - 0000005B - '['
50 - 00000032 - '2'
126 - 0000007E - '~'
27 - 0000001B - '
91 - 0000005B - '['
51 - 00000033 - '3'
126 - 0000007E - '~'
and with wine:
$ wine getchtest-borland.exe
0 - 00000000 - ''
72 - 00000048 - 'H'
0 - 00000000 - ''
80 - 00000050 - 'P'
0 - 00000000 - ''
59 - 0000003B - ';'
0 - 00000000 - ''
60 - 0000003C - '<'
0 - 00000000 - ''
82 - 00000052 - 'R'
0 - 00000000 - ''
83 - 00000053 - 'S'
$ wine getchtest-mingw32.exe
224 - 000000E0 - 'à'
72 - 00000048 - 'H'
224 - 000000E0 - 'à'
80 - 00000050 - 'P'
[F1 nothing]
[F2 nothing]
224 - 000000E0 - 'à'
82 - 00000052 - 'R'
224 - 000000E0 - 'à'
83 - 00000053 - 'S'
I don't have 64-bit wine.
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