I seem to find that getch() returns the exact same int value for CTRL+J, CTRL+M and ENTER. Is there anyway to differentiate them, or is there any other console key service that I can use to get characters as they are typed into the keyboard? (preferably one that allows the identification of whether CTRL/ALT is pressed along with the other keys. Thanks...

Also, in an editor, which container class do you think is best to store the edited text?

have you called keypad(stdscr, TRUE);

probably a large string

I dont know any container class in the standard library that is good at handling large text documents.

I once had to implement one myself. It uses leaves with arrays holding pointers to each line of text. All the nodes, including the leaves also hold a integer with the number of text lines stored in this subtree. The idea was to have fast random access to any line, while keeping inserts and deletes efficient. Note that no line numbers, just a count of lines is stored.

Wish I could post the code, but unfortunately its property of a company where i used to work.

kev82: yup, I've called keypad(stdscr,TRUE) and noecho(), raw() and the rest, I really have no idea what else I can do. Are there any other keyboard functions for consoles that I can use?

DIYLinux: I was thinking of something similar, but more of linked lists structure, a list for each line, keeps memory accesses fast but uses lots of memory for implementation, I think. Thanks anyway.