[Lazarus] F1 on Linux I got 255

[Andrea Mauri]

If I press
a
I got 141 that is
C octal escaped UTF-8: \141
as reported in character map in ubuntu.

any hint to get F1 when it is pressed?

Il 29/01/2016 12:04, Andrea Mauri ha scritto:
> Dear all,
>
> lazarus 1.4.4 fpc 2.6.4
> Under linux VirtualBox if I launch my application and press F1 I got key
> =255 instead key = 112
>
> procedure TfrmMainMenu.FormKeyDown(Sender: TObject; var Key: Word;
>    Shift: TShiftState);
> begin
>    // check for F1
>    if (Key = VK_F1) then
>    begin
>      //dosomething
>    end;
> end;
>
> why?
>
> Lazarus Ide seems to properly detect F1. My application not.
>
> Any hint?
> Andrea Mauri