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.TH TERMKEY_GETKEY 3
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.SH NAME
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termkey_getkey, termkey_getkey_force \- retrieve the next key event
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <termkey.h>
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.sp
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.BI "TermKeyResult termkey_getkey(TermKey *" tk ", TermKeyKey *" key );
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.BI "TermKeyResult termkey_getkey_force(TermKey *" tk ", TermKeyKey *" key );
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.sp
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Link with \fI-ltermkey\fP.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBtermkey_getkey\fP() attempts to retrieve a single keypress event from the buffer, and put it in the structure referred to by \fIkey\fP. It returns one of the following values:
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.in
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.TP
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.B TERMKEY_RES_KEY
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a complete keypress was removed from the buffer, and has been placed in the \fIkey\fP structure.
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.TP
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.B TERMKEY_RES_AGAIN
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a partial keypress event was found in the buffer, but it does not yet contain all the bytes required. An indication of what \fBtermkey_getkey_force\fP(3) would return has been placed in the \fIkey\fP structure.
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.TP
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.B TERMKEY_RES_NONE
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no bytes are waiting in the buffer.
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.TP
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.B TERMKEY_RES_EOF
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no bytes are ready and the input stream is now closed.
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.PP
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\fBtermkey_getkey_force\fP() is similar to \fBtermkey_getkey\fP() but will not return \fBTERMKEY_RES_AGAIN\fP if a partial match is found. Instead, it will force an interpretation of the bytes, even if this means interpreting the start of an Escape-prefixed multi-byte sequence as a literal "Escape" key followed by normal letters.
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.PP
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Neither of these functions will block or perform any IO operations on the underlying filehandle. To use the instance in an asynchronous program, see \fBtermkey_advisereadable\fP(3). For a blocking call suitable for use in a synchronous program, use \fBtermkey_waitkey\fP(3) instead of \fBtermkey_getkey\fP().
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.PP
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Before returning, this function canonicalises the \fIkey\fP structure according to the rules given for \fBtermkey_canonicalise\fP(3).
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.PP
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The \fITermKeyKey\fP structure is defined as follows:
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.PP
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.nf
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typedef struct {
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TermKeyType type;
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union {
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long codepoint; /* TERMKEY_TYPE_UNICODE */
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int number; /* TERMKEY_TYPE_FUNCTION */
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TermKeySym sym; /* TERMKEY_TYPE_KEYSYM */
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char mouse[4] /* TERMKEY_TYPE_MOUSE */
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} code;
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int modifiers;
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char utf8[7];
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} TermKeyKey;
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.in
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.PP
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The \fItype\fP field indicates the type of event, and determines which of the members of the \fIcode\fP union is valid. It will be one of the following constants:
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.TP
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.B TERMKEY_TYPE_UNICODE
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a Unicode codepoint. This value indicates that \fIcode.codepoint\fP is valid, and will contain the codepoint number of the keypress. In Unicode mode (if the \fBTERMKEY_FLAG_UTF8\fP bit is set) this will be its Unicode character number. In raw byte mode, this will contain a single 8-bit byte.
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.TP
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.B TERMKEY_TYPE_FUNCTION
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a numbered function key. This value indicates that \fIcode.number\fP is valid, and contains the number of the numbered function key.
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.TP
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.B TERMKEY_TYPE_KEYSYM
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a symbolic key. This value indicates that \fIcode.sym\fP is valid, and contains the symbolic key value. This is an opaque value which may be passed to \fBtermkey_get_keyname\fP(3).
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.TP
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.B TERMKEY_TYPE_MOUSE
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a mouse button press, release, or movement. The \fIcode.mouse\fP array should be considered opaque. Use \fBtermkey_interpret_mouse\fP(3) to interpret it.
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.PP
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The \fImodifiers\fP bitmask is composed of a bitwise-or of the constants \fBTERMKEY_KEYMOD_SHIFT\fP, \fBTERMKEY_KEYMOD_CTRL\fP and \fBTERMKEY_KEYMOD_ALT\fP.
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.PP
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The \fIutf8\fP field is only set on events whose \fItype\fP is \fBTERMKEY_TYPE_UNICODE\fP. It should not be read for other events.
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.PP
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To convert the \fIsym\fP to a symbolic name, see \fBtermkey_get_keyname\fP(3) function. It may instead be easier to convert the entire key event structure to a string, using \fBtermkey_strfkey\fP(3).
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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\fBtermkey_getkey\fP() returns an enumeration of one of \fBTERMKEY_RES_KEY\fP, \fBTEMRKEY_RES_AGAIN\fP, \fBTERMKEY_RES_NONE\fP or \fBTERMKEY_RES_EOF\fP. \fBtermkey_getkey_force\fP() returns one of the above, except for \fBTERMKEY_RES_AGAIN\fP.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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The following example program prints details of every keypress until the user presses "Ctrl-C". It demonstrates how to use the termkey instance in a typical \fBpoll\fP()-driven asynchronous program, which may include mixed IO with other file handles.
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.PP
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.nf
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EOF
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sed "s/\\\\/\\\\\\\\/g" demo-async.c
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cat <<EOF
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.in
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR termkey_new (3),
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.BR termkey_advisereadable (3),
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.BR termkey_waitkey (3),
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.BR termkey_set_waittime (3),
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.BR termkey_get_keyname (3),
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.BR termkey_interpret_mouse (3),
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.BR termkey_strfkey (3),
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.BR termkey_keycmp (3)
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EOF
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