NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/lang/c/18443

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From: [e-mail] (Paul E. King)
Subject: Getting input from the keyboard
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Organization: CS Dept., Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 21:26:11 GMT
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I am beginner in the C language, and was wondering if anyone is willing to
help me on what seems to be an unsolvable problem(so far).

I am familiar with PASCAL, FORTRAN, and many versions of BASIC,
including QuickBASIC.

I want to know how C  can obtain input from the keyboard directly, without
my having to type a carriage return. I know that the vi editor works on this
principle (that is what I am using now).

In QuickBASIC, I understand that both INKEY$ and INPUT$(1) do not need a
carriage return to obtain input from the keyboard and run statements resulting
from such input. I have used them in several programs already. Is there

I am told by one of the profs that what I seem to be asking is how to enter
CBREAK mode. Apparently this seems to have something to do  with a
function called ioctl(), and "orring" one hex constant into another.
However, I am told that there are less complicated ways of doing this, but
nobody could think of what it  was. Can anybody here suggest anything?
I am using a UNIX-based System V Berekley C compiler.  Some of the compilers
on campus also use AT&T System V as well. For what it's worth, I have access
to the Sparc stations as well as Atari-ST, XL87, vt100 terminals, if  that
is an issue (I don't know). Thanks in advance.

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