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From: "Lincoln, W. Terry" <terryl AT ultimatetechnology DOT com>
To: "'Cygwin Mailing List'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: RE: Porting getch() and kbdhit() ???
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:39:24 -0400
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I have a M$-C book on my shelf and it says that the function kbhit() should
return a 0 if no characters have been struck otherwise the character-code of
the struck key (without removing the key from the KB queue).

getch() removes a single key from the KB queue (waiting for one if
necessary) and returns it character-code without echoing it to the terminal
screen.

getche() is the same but echoes the character it gets to the screen.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mumit Khan [mailto:khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 2:17 AM
> To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> Subject: Re: Porting getch() and kbdhit() ???
> 
> 
> Chris Faylor <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com> writes:
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> How about the following extermely inefficient but portable 
> POSIX kbdhit 
> (includes testcase)?
> 
> I have no idea what getch() Philippe is referring to, but probably not
> the one that's typically provided by (n)curses.
> 
> ----- cut from here to end.
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