Hi Neil.

25-May-03 20:04:22, Jasen Betts wrote to Neil Heller


 NH>> I'll be working in ANSI-standard *nix so I can't use any of the
 NH>> neato DOS tricks like checking the keyboard buffer.

 JB> there's stuff in the linux programming howto see the LDP
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I meant the linux "Serial-Programming-HOWTO"  ... AFAIK the methods it uses
are all POSIX so it should work with many other unix versions too.

although it's not all there either :-%

already-open files (such as stdin) can be put into non-blocking mode by
using fcntl()

then you need to put the terminal handler into non-canical mode to defeat the
line-buffering that's done using tcsetattr()/tcgetattr(), echoing is also
turned off in this way

likd DOS the line buffering is done by the operating system,  unlike dos
there's no way to side-step it but you can turn it off.

termcap and (n)curses give higher-level console access.

there seems to be a few other ways to do the same things, i've used the
posix ones...


-=> Bye <=-

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