improving Hack and Super Rogue modern keyboard support?

[David Chmelik]

How hard would it be to update final versions of Hack and Super Rogue to
use arrow-key & number-pad movement when compiled on modern POSIX-based
OSes? I tried updating Super Rogue on a GNU/Linux (and maybe a classic
*BSD) to do that but the pure terminal behaved kind of strangely so most
number-pad keys (with lock off) didn't (only some did) do what they were
supposed to do. It'd be fun to see these old games be easily playable
(letter-key movement is just horrible/confusing) since Hack might be
easier than newer NetHack and Super Rogue was reportedly easier than
Rogue.

[David Damerell]

Post by David Chmelik
How hard would it be to update final versions of Hack and Super Rogue to
use arrow-key & number-pad movement when compiled on modern POSIX-based
OSes?

I imagine it would be easier to remap your keyboard so the arrow and
numberpad keys send hjklyubn, akin to PuTTY's "NetHack Mode" which does
just that.

I also imagine it would be easier to learn the vi keys.