From: qballlives AT aol DOT com (QBallLives)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: readkey() problem
Date: 27 Jan 1998 00:50:30 GMT
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>Whenever I use readkey() in place of where getch() would normally be, 
>the line that is supposed to be displayed first (ie. "Press any key...") 
>doesn't display until a key is pressed.  Here is an example:
>
>{
>   allegro_init();
>   install_keyboard();
>
>   printf("Hey there!\n");
>   printf("Press any key...");
>   readkey();
>   return 0;
>}
>
>"Hey there!" gets displayed, but "Press any key..." isn't displayed 
>until a key is pressed.  Can anyone help?  Thanks.

I believe that's a buffering issue... but I'm too tired to think of the command
to use to clear that buffer out... my friend dhonn has keyboard routines code
that I believe does the flush you need done...
his page:

http://members.xoom.com/dhonn

Jim the loiterer
aloiterer AT juno DOT com
http://members.xoom.com/JimMcCue/index.htm