Hey Monks,

I'm kinda stuck getting the special keys (PgUp, PgDn, Left Arrow. F1 etc...) to work in Windows. Even if I follow links found on the internet. 
use Term::ReadKey;
use Time::HiRes qw( usleep );

use strict;
use warnings;

ReadMode(4);
my $old_ioctl = ioctl(STDIN,0,0) || -1; # Gets device info
printf "System returned %d\n", $old_ioctl;
$old_ioctl &= 0xff;
ioctl(STDIN,1,$old_ioctl | 32);    # Writes it back, setting bit 5

$| = 1;
while(1){
    my $char;
    while (!defined ($char = ReadKey(-1))){
        usleep 1_100;
    }
    my $ord = ord($char);
    last if ($ord == 3);
    last if ($ord == 4);
    last if ($ord == 27);
 
    if ($ord == 0) {

        #my $c;
        #sysread(STDIN,$c,1);

        #print "C: $c\n";
    }
    print $ord . "\n";
}
$| = 0;

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According to: http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/perlfaq5.html#How_can_I_read_a_single_characte it should be rather correct, but Ive found stuff about some needed ioctl.ph http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/perlfunc/ioctl.html aswell... In either case, I'm lost and I was hoping someone could provide me with something that actually works! I don't mind if usage of Win32::API or simulair is used. Running the provided code and pressing a special key gives $ord = 0. So far so good I suppose. But the rest doesn't work. Actually, not even the ioctl hack mentioned first doesn't work. (Returns -1)

So, how to make those special keys work propely (so I know which one I pressed) ?

Thanks,
Ace

In reply to Getting special keys to work with Term::ReadKey in Windows by Ace128

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