[Twisted-web] Telnet server: Detecting CTRL-<key>, as happends with CTRL-C

[Eloranta, Teuvo (NSN - FI/Tampere)]

Hi Jean-Paul!

Ok, that's exactly what I was after, the character mode.
I'll try make the telnet client switch to character mode with IAC + WONT + LINEMODE

Br. Teuvo


>>I have an application, with Python 2.4 and Twisted 8.2.0.
>>
>>Can I somehow detect e.g. CTRL-J key presses in:
>>
>>
>>  class Telnet_simulation(telnet.Telnet)
>>	-->
>>      def dataReceived(self, data):
>>
>>(or elsewhere in code)?
>>
>
>If the `telnet´ above is twisted.protocols.telnet, then you 
>should switch
>to twisted.conch.telnet.  If it's twisted.conch.telnet, then you should
>override `applicationDataReceived´, not `dataReceived´ (or use 
>one of the
>other mechanisms for hooking into it - subclass and override is one
>approach, but there are others which you can find examples of 
>in doc/conch/
>examples).
>
>>
>>When sending CTRL-C, the dataReceived() is called 
>immeaditely, but when
>>sending some other combinations, the data can be seen only after Enter
>>is pressed?
>>(telnet_Command is called then) But the CTRL-J is not a 
>telnet command,
>>it should act same way as CTRL-C.
>
>Ah, telnet_Command, I guess you are using twisted.protocols.telnet. :)
>
>Most likely your telnet client is in line editing mode.  This means it
>isn't sending data typed in until enter is pressed, so of 
>course you can't
>receive it until then.  There are telnet negotiation options 
>which you can
>use from the server to ask the client to go into character 
>mode.  You can
>see some code which negotiates about linemode in 
>twisted/conch/telnet.py
>(search for LINEMODE).  I'm not sure if LINEMODE is the 
>preferred option
>for controlling this behavior (I seem to recall there being 
>another one,
>but I forget which obsoleted which).
>
>Also, twisted-python at twistedmatrix.com might be a more 
>appropriate list for
>this topic, since this is a web-oriented list.
>
>Jean-Paul