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    NAME
        RawKeyConvert -- decode raw input classes

    SYNOPSIS
        actual = RawKeyConvert(event, buffer, length, keyMap)
        D0                     A0     A1      D1      A2

        ConsoleDevice in A6 if called from Assembly Language.

    FUNCTION
        This console function converts input events of type
        IECLASS_RAWKEY to ANSI bytes, based on the keyMap, and
        places the result into the buffer.

    INPUTS
        event -  an inputevent structure pointer.
        buffer - a byte buffer large enough to hold all anticipated
            characters generated by this conversion.
        length - maximum anticipation, i.e. the buffer size in bytes.
        keyMap - a keymap structure pointer, or null if the default
            console device key map is to be used.

    RESULTS
        actual - the number of characters in the buffer, or -1 if
            a buffer overflow was about to occur.

    ERRORS
        if actual is -1, a buffer overflow condition was detected.
        Not all of the characters in the buffer are valid.

    NOTES
        This function is different from standard device commands in
        that it is a function in the console device library vectors.
        In order to obtain a valid library base pointer for the
        console device (a.k.a. ConsoleDevice) call
        OpenDevice("console.device", -1, iostdreq, 0),
        and then grab the io_Device pointer field out of the iostdreq
        and use as ConsoleDevice.

    BUGS

    SEE ALSO
        exec/io.h, devices/inputevent.h, devices/keymap.h