From f4064c8d74477bb5c21bbb6ca70a223202eb6096 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:55:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [console] Use symbolic character names in special character
 tests

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
---
 src/core/lineconsole.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/lineconsole.c b/src/core/lineconsole.c
index 25eae39dd..9488d500e 100644
--- a/src/core/lineconsole.c
+++ b/src/core/lineconsole.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ FILE_SECBOOT ( PERMITTED );
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <ipxe/ansiesc.h>
+#include <ipxe/keys.h>
 #include <ipxe/lineconsole.h>
 
 /**
@@ -49,18 +50,18 @@ size_t line_putchar ( struct line_console *line, int character ) {
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Handle backspace characters */
-	if ( character == '\b' ) {
+	if ( character == BACKSPACE ) {
 		if ( line->index )
 			line->index--;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Ignore carriage return */
-	if ( character == '\r' )
+	if ( character == CR )
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Treat newline as a terminator */
-	if ( character == '\n' )
+	if ( character == LF )
 		character = 0;
 
 	/* Add character to buffer */