From:	Pascal DOT Obry AT der DOT edfgdf DOT fr (Pascal OBRY)
Subject:	RE: how to do a timeout in getchar
12 Mar 1998 23:21:00 -0800 :
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De:   mread AT ozemail DOT com DOT au 
> Date: mercredi 11 mars 1998 14:19
> À:    root AT jacob DOT remcomp DOT fr
> Cc:   gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
> Objet:        Re: how to do a timeout in getchar
> 
> Hi Jacob.
> 
> I've been looking for a way to set a flag if a key *isn't* present in the
> keybrd buffer, or set a flag *immediately* a SIGINT (eg. ctrl-c) occurs.
> However, I can't find a solution to either of these requirements.
> 
> getchar(): Will suspend my loop until a character is received in the kbd
> buffer. I want my loop to continue executing if *nothing* is in the kbd
> buffer!
> 
> _kbhit is ideal for this, but I can't see gnu-win32 supporting this. I
> searched my entire gnu dir tree, which covers *all* the include directories,
> and nothing found - no prototype.
> 

I have kbhit defined in libcygwin.a !

Pascal.

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