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+/****************************************************************************
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+/*
+ * $Id: demo_altkeys.c,v 1.8 2008/04/12 22:06:22 tom Exp $
+ *
+ * Demonstrate the define_key() function.
+ * Thomas Dickey - 2005/10/22
+ */
+
+#include <test.priv.h>
+
+#if defined(NCURSES_VERSION) && NCURSES_EXT_FUNCS
+
+#if TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME
+# include <sys/time.h>
+# include <time.h>
+#else
+# if HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+#  include <sys/time.h>
+# else
+#  include <time.h>
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#define MY_LOGFILE "demo_altkeys.log"
+#define MY_KEYS (KEY_MAX + 1)
+
+/*
+ * Log the most recently-written line to our logfile
+ */
+static void
+log_last_line(WINDOW *win)
+{
+    FILE *fp;
+    int y, x, n;
+    char temp[256];
+
+    if ((fp = fopen(MY_LOGFILE, "a")) != 0) {
+	int need = sizeof(temp) - 1;
+	if (need > COLS)
+	    need = COLS;
+	getyx(win, y, x);
+	wmove(win, y - 1, 0);
+	n = winnstr(win, temp, need);
+	while (n-- > 0) {
+	    if (isspace(UChar(temp[n])))
+		temp[n] = '\0';
+	    else
+		break;
+	}
+	wmove(win, y, x);
+	fprintf(fp, "%s\n", temp);
+	fclose(fp);
+    }
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc GCC_UNUSED, char *argv[]GCC_UNUSED)
+{
+    int n;
+    int ch;
+#if HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
+    int secs, msecs;
+    struct timeval current, previous;
+#endif
+
+    unlink(MY_LOGFILE);
+
+    newterm(0, stdout, stdin);
+    (void) cbreak();		/* take input chars one at a time, no wait for \n */
+    (void) noecho();		/* don't echo input */
+
+    scrollok(stdscr, TRUE);
+    keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
+    move(0, 0);
+
+    /* we do the define_key() calls after keypad(), since the first call to
+     * keypad() initializes the corresponding data.
+     */
+    for (n = 0; n < 255; ++n) {
+	char temp[10];
+	sprintf(temp, "\033%c", n);
+	define_key(temp, n + MY_KEYS);
+    }
+    for (n = KEY_MIN; n < KEY_MAX; ++n) {
+	char *value;
+	if ((value = keybound(n, 0)) != 0) {
+	    char *temp = typeMalloc(char, strlen(value) + 2);
+	    sprintf(temp, "\033%s", value);
+	    define_key(temp, n + MY_KEYS);
+	    free(temp);
+	    free(value);
+	}
+    }
+
+#if HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
+    gettimeofday(&previous, 0);
+#endif
+
+    while ((ch = getch()) != ERR) {
+	bool escaped = (ch >= MY_KEYS);
+	const char *name = keyname(escaped ? (ch - MY_KEYS) : ch);
+
+#if HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
+	gettimeofday(&current, 0);
+	secs = current.tv_sec - previous.tv_sec;
+	msecs = (current.tv_usec - previous.tv_usec) / 1000;
+	if (msecs < 0) {
+	    msecs += 1000;
+	    --secs;
+	}
+	if (msecs >= 1000) {
+	    secs += msecs / 1000;
+	    msecs %= 1000;
+	}
+	printw("%6d.%03d ", secs, msecs);
+	previous = current;
+#endif
+	printw("Keycode %d, name %s%s\n",
+	       ch,
+	       escaped ? "ESC-" : "",
+	       name != 0 ? name : "<null>");
+	log_last_line(stdscr);
+	clrtoeol();
+	if (ch == 'q')
+	    break;
+    }
+    endwin();
+    ExitProgram(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+#else
+int
+main(void)
+{
+    printf("This program requires the ncurses library\n");
+    ExitProgram(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+#endif