Subj : Re: BBC Micro cursor navigation
To   : All
From : nelgin
Date : Sat Mar 08 2025 23:00:55

On Sat, 8 Mar 2025 18:05:13 -0800
"Digital Man" (VERT) <VERT!Digital.Man@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

>   Re: BBC Micro cursor navigation
>   By: Vela025 to All on Sat Mar 08 2025 10:29 pm
> 
>  > Hey All,
>  >
>  > I'm looking to implement the use of the BBC Micros cursor keys for
>  > message navigation (via msglist.js), the beeb sends ASCII 130-133
>  > for Up/Down/Left/Right so I was trying to adapt the following (in
>  > msglist.js) to acount for this:
>  >
>  >             case KEY_DOWN:
>  >                 if(msg_ctrl)
>  >                     msg_line++;
>  >                 else
>  >                     current++;
>  >                 break;
>  >
>  > I initially tried just changing KEY_DOWN to 131...but no dice. As
>  > these aren't printable characters it is possible to do it in this
>  > way?  
> 
> Deuce and Nelgin are already actively working on mods to SBBS to
> support BBC Micro MODE7 terminals. Is this the same thing? It sounds
> like you might be duplicating efforts and should coordinate with
> Nelgin.

Yes, and no. This isn't something I've got as far as yet. I would love
to incorporate a full screen editor for mode 7. Deuce has been looking
into cursor stuff so may have a better answer or this may be addressed
in the work he's done so far.
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