[ale] FAQ: I need to fake DOS' kbhit(), getch()

[John Mills]

Chris and Randy - 

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Christopher S. Adams wrote:
> i think getch() is part of ncurses, dunno about kbhit()

> From: "John Mills" <jmills at tga.com>
> > I've inherited a MSWin console application which tests for operator
> > keystroke input while repeatedly calling a service routine, then exits on
> > a keystroke.

Thanks for the code and library suggestions. 'man' pages also pointed me
at 'vgakeyboard', 'svgalib' and sibs. These are all pretty 'heavyweight'
and entrain considerable setup for what I need, but I think the 'termios'
examples from _Advanced_Programming_in_a_UNIX_Environment, Ch.11, are
going to do fine. I only needed three files to build the raw-input example
(11.10). If I get into it, I'll fake a "conio.h" that exports a couple of
trivial activities.

Thanks again.

   John Mills
   Sr. Software Engineer
   TGA Technologies, Inc.
   100 Pinnacle Way, Suite 140
   Norcross, GA 30071-3633
   e-mail: jmills at tga.com
   Phone: 770-441-2100 ext.124 (voice)
          770-449-7740 (FAX)


> >
> > I could use Stevens' APUE/Ch.11 examples, but a handy-dandy interface lib
> > would be great!
> >
> > TIA-
> >
> >    John Mills
> >    Sr. Software Engineer
> >    TGA Technologies, Inc.
> >    100 Pinnacle Way, Suite 140
> >    Norcross, GA 30071-3633
> >    e-mail: jmills at tga.com
> >    Phone: 770-441-2100 ext.124 (voice)
> >           770-449-7740 (FAX)
> >
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