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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 16:02:35 +1000
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nicholas FitzRoy-Dale <wzdd AT mailhost DOT net>
Subject: Trouble with getche()

>I'm trying to do this simple little C thing, but it won't work right...I
>copied it right out of a C book.

>After I compile it, I run it and the cursor just goes to next line
>(which is blank) and does nothing. Then, for example, I type p it says:
>
>pType a character:
>You typed: p

Many C compilers "buffer" their output, which means they don't send it
anywhere until a certain amount of data has been recieved, or until a
newline (\n) has been sent.  I think DJGPP is line-buffered, ie, will not
output until a newline is sent.  In that case, the command fflush(stdio)
will flush the buffer for you.  Put the command after the first printf().

-/\/icholas 
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