From: beyonddeath <justhunt1234 AT home DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: using keyboard not line buffered
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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 13:07:40 GMT
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Thanks, i found libkb which seems to work for what i need, getch on my
system seems to wait for me to enter a key each time through the loop
which is not what i need it for.

Thanks anyway

On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 06:39:29 +0500, tr AT midpec DOT com (Prashant TR) wrote:

>beyonddeath <justhunt1234 AT home DOT com> proclaimed:
>
>> what i need to do is allow my programs to use the arrowkeys and all
>> other buttons while ignoring others for example
>> 
>> i want this while loop to continue forever until enter is hit
>> 
>> while(!keys() == ENTER)
>> {
>> printf("hit enter");
>> }
>> 
>> If you can help great thanks im looking more for source cause its
>> already been explained lots of times and i dont know assembler.
>> 
>
>Ok. Check this out (untested code)
>
>#include <stdio.h>
>#include <conio.h>
>
>#define ENTER 13
>
>int main()
>{
>	int key = 0;
>
>	while (key != ENTER) {
>	      key = getch();
>	      if (!key) {
>		 key = getch();
>		 switch (key) {
>			case 'H': printf("UP\n"); break;
>			case 'P': printf("DOWN\n"); break;
>			case 'K': printf("LEFT\n"); break;
>			case 'M': printf("RIGHT\n"); break;
>		 }
>		 key = 0;
>	      }
>	}
>	return 0;
>}