From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: using keyboard not line buffered
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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 21:39:59 GMT
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 13:07:40 GMT, beyonddeath <justhunt1234 AT home DOT com>
wrote:

>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.

If you use getch(), then kbhit() will tell you if a key has been
pressed or not.

if(kbhit())
{
  foo = getch();
  if(foo == 0) // extended keys
    foo = getch() << 8;
}

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