[Tutor] Curses Python: F1 => Xfce Terminal documentation

[Cameron Simpson]

On 28Nov2020 16:56, alexkleider <alexkleider at protonmail.com> wrote:
>Thanks to both Cameron and Alan for your suggestions.
>The problem is solved simply by using curses.KEY_F2 (rather than F1.)

The Xfce terminal docs I cited suggested that F1 is intercepted, and 
you'll never see F1 _inside_ the terminal unless you change the key 
binding for "help", which seems possible.

>I tried the virtual console but it resulted in bizarre characters.

If you mean the non-X11 system console (unsure) that might be a font 
issue.

>Don't know about "xterm or urxvt or aterm."
>I was under the impression that the Xfce terminal was in fact an 
>"xterm."

I think not from the docs, again. You may well find that $TERM is set to 
"xterm" or one of its colour variants so that your curses programmes use 
a working terminfo entry, which maps capabilities like "clear screen" 
and "move cursors" etc to the necessary escape sequences. But it looks 
to be a distinct terminal emulator.

xterm and urxvt and aterm are all distinct other terminal emulators you 
can also install.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au>