[syslinux] keystrokes

[Ferenc Wagner]

Ady <ady-sf at hotmail.com> writes:

>> On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Ady <ady-sf at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What actions are _supposed_ to be triggered by each of:
>>>
>>>   [Ctrl-J]
>>>   [Ctrl-M]
>>>
>>> in the Syslinux command line in version 6.03-pre20?
>> 
>> They should do nothing special but either might be interpreted like
>> an <enter>.
>  
> Well, for a common user, "nothing special" doesn't seem exactly the 
> same as "<enter>".
>
> I had already seen [Ctrl+J] being the same as [Enter] in "cli.c", but 
> I couldn't find the meaning (or intention of) [Ctrl+M].

get_key() returns 13 (ASCII CR, \r) for Enter, just like for Ctrl-M.
Ctrl-J is LF (\n).  Either or both is used to terminate lines under
different operating systems, so it makes sense to handle them the same.

> [Ctrl+M] _seems_ to be behaving as [Enter], but since it is not in 
> "cli.c", I decided to post here in the mailing list.

See above> Ctrl-M _is_ Enter, in some sense.
-- 
Regards,
Feri.