Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 23:28:38 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: jsigmon@www.hsc.wvu.edu Subject: Re: Any alternatives for kbhit() and getch Message-ID: <199606132128.XAA15302@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <31BF97BC.5E2D@access.mountain.net> from Jeremy Sigmon at "Jun 12, 96 09:23:24 pm"
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As Jeremy Sigmon wrote: > I am writing a timed program. I need to be checking the > time while waiting for input. This is to be written as much as > possible in ANSI C. It's impossible in ANSI C (kbhit() ain't ANSI either). For the Unix environment, use select(2). It also handles the timing for you. You might need to turn the terminal into ``raw'' mode as well, otherwise all input processing will be handled in terms of lines. RTFM termios(7) for this. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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