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Date:	Tue, 17 Aug 1999 22:57:06 -0400
From:	Chris Faylor <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Porting getch() and kbdhit() ???
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In-Reply-To:	<B3953869CBF8D211A1E50004AC4C1B5402F436@ULTIMATE2>; from Lincoln, W. Terry on Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 06:11:36PM -0400

On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 06:11:36PM -0400, Lincoln, W. Terry wrote:
>Those two functions are not POSIX now, are they?  Sounds DOS/WINDOZISH to me
>;-)
>Cygwin is for porting Unix(POSIX) apps to Win32.

Well, that's only partly true.  I have no qualms about including stuff
that people need in Cygwin.  Since these two functions have been
requested repeatedly, I'd certainly consider applying a patch which adds
this functionality to cygwin.

There.  I've asked for contributions.  That should kill this thread.

-chris

>>From: Philippe Noel [mailto:pnoel AT socoint DOT com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:21 PM
>>
>>I'm currently trying to port a source code that use getch() and
>>kbdhit() under Linux.
>>
>>It really do not seems to be supported by Cygwin.  Is there a reason
>>for this?
>>
>>And, is there a way to do the same thing as this (very common) code
>>under Cygwin?
>>
>>if( kbdhit() ) key = getch();

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