Linux Dr. <usenet <at> haughtmail.com> writes: > > I have a non-blocking keyboard I/O routine I've used for years under IRIX, > Solaris and Red Hat linux. It doesn't seem to work under cygwin, however. The > core of it is: >
Ok, I figured this out on my own... though it gave me a headache. I wrote a getch() which immediately returns a -1 if no input is waiting, or the ascii value of the key if previously pressed. It's non-blocking and no "enter" or return key press is necessary. Can be easily modified for echo or non echo, blocking or non-blocking, and can count the number of keystrokes stored in the input buffer without de-queueing them. I'm happy to share... just send me an email. Compiles but doesn't back-port (run) correctly on linux or solaris. However, I have seperate versions for those machines, too. This solution DOES NOT REQUIRE curses/ncurses. It works from shell scripts, as well. Neall -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
