From:	afn06760 AT afn DOT org
Subject:	Re: how to do a timeout in getchar
13 Mar 1998 23:32:08 -0800 :
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>   Kris Thielemans (kris AT wren DOT rpms DOT ac DOT uk)
>   Thu, 12 Mar 1998 10:48:44 GMT
>
>I've always been using getch() from curses for this on Unix. Unfortunately,
>there is no curses library in cygwin. I know of the existence of pdcurses
>and ncurses, but tried neither of those yet. Can anyone advise me on the
>difference between the two ?
>Of course, using curses just for getch() seems a bit overkill, but select()
>is a bit complicated for me...
>
Hello, hello, Christopher Wren.

1.  getch() and kbhit() are both in the MINGW32 system that is an addon
	to cygwin (under conio.h).
2.  You can use the slang library as a libcurses.  <slcurses.h> has
	macros for converting curses calls into slang  curses calls,
	and I have tested them and found them to work for many apps.
3.  Or, you can use the Slang version of getkey and keypressed.

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