Date:	Thu, 1 Jan 1998 22:45:55 +0800 (HKT)
From:	Orlando Andico <orly AT mozcom DOT com>
To:	Noam Rotem <nrotem AT johnbryce DOT co DOT il>
cc:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Escape Sequences / Reading from Console
In-Reply-To:	<Chameleon.980101155719.nrotem@netvision.netvision>
Message-ID:	<Pine.GSO.3.96.980101224210.6008A-100000@mozcom.com>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, Noam Rotem wrote:

..
> >What's wrong with `getc'?  It can read single characters as well, if
> >you switch stdin to binary mode (use `setmode') and make it unbuffered
> >(use `setvbuf').  Did you try it?
> 
> I can't use 'setmode' under UNIX. This is what's wrong with it...
> Is there any other way to do it (using ANSI C / stdio.h)?

you might want to try the curses routines, they work under unix and there
is a djgpp version. i've attached the first part of the man page for
wgetch() (solaris 2.5.1):



curs_getch(3X)   Miscellaneous Library Functions   curs_getch(3X)

NAME
     curs_getch, getch, wgetch, mvgetch, mvwgetch, ungetch -  get
     (or push back) characters from curses terminal keyboard

SYNOPSIS
     cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lcurses [ library .. ]

     #include <curses.h>

     int getch(void);

     int wgetch(WINDOW *win);

     int mvgetch(int y, int x);

     int mvwgetch(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);

     int ungetch(int ch);

MT-LEVEL
     Unsafe

DESCRIPTION
     With the getch(), wgetch(), mvgetch(), and  mvwgetch()  rou-
     tines  a character is read from the terminal associated with
     the window.  In no-delay mode, if no input is  waiting,  the
     value  ERR  is  returned.   In delay mode, the program waits
     until  the  system  passes  text  through  to  the  program.
     Depending  on  the  setting  of  cbreak(), this is after one
     character (cbreak mode), or after the  first  newline  (noc-
     break  mode).  In half-delay mode, the program waits until a
     character  is  typed  or  the  specified  timeout  has  been
     reached.   Unless  noecho() has been set, the character will
     also be echoed into the designated window.                             



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