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From: John Beukema <jbeukema@HK.Super.NET>
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Subject: how to emulate kdhit()B?
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I cannot get the function kbhit() which works well under SCO to work under
FBSD.  The function which tries to read 1 char from stdin after setting
flags to nonblocking, always returns true ie, keyboard hit when the term
is in 'cooked' mode.  Can anyone point me to a way to do this? 
jbeukema