Re: getchar() without <enter> in emx gcc?

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From: min-woong sohn
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 18:38

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In article <1992Nov21.154701.16804@grebyn.com> richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:
>This is a very common FAQ in comp.lang.c, so I hate to ask....
>
>How do you read a single character from the keyboard without requiring
>hitting ENTER, and without echo?
>

It's in the emx doc. You need to use _read_kbd() as follows:

#include <stdlib.h>
#define getch() _read_kbd(0,1,0)
#define getche() _read_kbd(1,1,0)

Now getch() will not echo the character and getche() will.

Min

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