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Re: Custom Interrupt keys
On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 08:33:06AM +0200, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 09:25:13 +0530 (IST), Shameem Ahamed
> <shameem.ahamed@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Can I set custom interrupt keys in Linux ?. I want to set a different
> > key combination other than Ctrl+C for SIGINT signal from keyboard.
> >
> > Is it possible ?, if yes, how can I set it ?.
>
> This is a decision of the terminal implementation, not the running program.
Actually, this is not true, it is a question of setup of your terminal -
you can change that by tcgetattr()/tcsetattr() or the stty tool. Which
character sends SIGINT is decided by the intr setting (c_cc[VINTR]).
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