From:	"A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
Organization:	Materials Science Centre
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Wed, 9 Oct 1996 08:26:36 GMT
Subject:	Re: Trouble with getche()
Message-ID:	<7845A435CD@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk>

  Tony Sideris <tonys111 AT erols DOT com> wrote:-
> ... copied it right out of a C book. ...
>  main() {char ch; printf("Type a character: ");
>    ch = getche(); printf("\nYou typed: %c", ch);}
> [produces]
> pType a character:
> You typed: p

In djgpp, output sent to stdout (= the screen, usually) by printf() is stored
in a buffer, which is only flushed to the screen when a '\n' is sent to it or
on exit from the program. After `printf("Type a character: ");' try inserting
`fflush(stdout);'.

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