code: def get_string():
      
      keycodes = _get_keycodes()
      initial_code, codes = keycodes[0], keycodes[1:]
      initial_char = chr(initial_code)
      if initial_code == 27:
          initial_char = '\\e'
      elif not ascii.isgraph(initial_char):
          initial_char = '\\x%x' % initial_code
      chars = ''.join([chr(c) for c in codes])
      return ''.join((initial_char, chars))
docs: A better str(_get_keycodes()) method