ansi-keycode

Turn browser keycodes into ansi characters and escape sequences.

example

simple repl example

$ node
> require('ansi-keycode')(97)
'a'
> require('ansi-keycode')(36) // HOME key
'\u001bOH'
> require('ansi-keycode')(220)
'\\'

browser->server

the browser forwards its decoded events to the server:

var decode = require('ansi-keycode');
var shoe = require('shoe');
var sock = shoe('/sock');

window.addEventListener('keydown', function (ev) {
    var c = decode(ev);
    if (c) sock.write(c);
});

and the server.js will print what is typed in the browser:

var http = require('http');
var shoe = require('shoe');
var ecstatic = require('ecstatic')(__dirname + '/static');

var server = http.createServer(ecstatic);
server.listen(8000);

var sock = shoe(function (stream) {
    stream.pipe(process.stdout);
});
sock.install(server, '/sock');

methods

var decode = require('ansi-keycode')

decode(ev, opts)

Return the ansi string for ev.which or the keycode integer ev.

If opts.arrows is false, don't include escape sequences for arrow keys.

If opts.delete is false, don't include escape sequences for the delete key.

If opts.backspace is false, don't include escape sequences for the backspace key.

install

With npm do:

npm install ansi-keycode

license

MIT