#!/usr/bin/env python3 import sys import termios import tty # Put terminal in raw mode old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(sys.stdin) try: tty.setraw(sys.stdin.fileno()) # Enable keyboard protocol with flags: # - 1 = disambiguate escape codes # - 4 = report alternate keys # - 8 = report all keys as escape codes # - 16 = report associated text # Total flags = 29 (1 + 4 + 8 + 16) # Use the set-flags form (CSI = flags u), which replaces active flags. sys.stdout.write('\x1b[=29u') sys.stdout.flush() print("Protocol enabled. Press Shift+A, then plain 'a', then Ctrl+C") sys.stdout.flush() bytes_received = [] while True: char = sys.stdin.read(1) byte_val = ord(char) bytes_received.append(byte_val) # Print each byte in hex if byte_val == 0x1b: # ESC print(f"\nESC sequence start: 0x{byte_val:02x}") else: print(f"0x{byte_val:02x}", end=' ') sys.stdout.flush() # Exit on Ctrl+C (0x03) if byte_val == 3: break # Also check for 'u' at end of CSI sequence to print summary if byte_val == ord('u'): # Extract the last CSI sequence esc_start = len(bytes_received) - 1 while esc_start > 0 and bytes_received[esc_start] != 0x1b: esc_start -= 1 sequence = ''.join(chr(b) for b in bytes_received[esc_start:]) print(f"\nComplete sequence: {repr(sequence)}") sys.stdout.flush() bytes_received = [] finally: termios.tcsetattr(sys.stdin, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings) # Disable keyboard protocol by replacing flags with 0. sys.stdout.write('\x1b[=0u') print("\nDone!")