Subj : Re: CTRL key
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : maeder
Date : Tue Jul 20 2004 09:55 am

Bob Gonder <notbg@notmindspring.invalid> writes:

> Didn't find any VK_ values for control codes, but they are:
> 	Letter & 0x1f
> so
> Ctrl-A  ==  'A' & 0x1f  ==  1
> Ctrl-C  ==  'C' & 0x1f  ==  3
> Ctrl-J  ==  'J' & 0x1f  == 9  == '\t'
> Ctrl-K  ==  'K' & 0x1f  ==  10 ==  '\n'

This looks strange (I don't write "wrong", but you might review it):
'i' is the 9th letter of the alphabet, and 'j' the 10th.


> Ctrl-M  ==  'M' & 0x1f  ==  13  == '\r'

And 'm' the 13th, so we are back in sync here.

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