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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: How to switch off line buffering in stdin?
From:       egm2 () jps ! net
Date:       1999-07-22 2:11:50
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I am told ncurses is what you want to use for text screen programs.

On 21 Jul, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote:
  |  Hi All!
  |  
  |  I'm writing an application, which implements some terminal functionalities.
  |  I'd like to receive every keystroke, just after the key is pressed
  |  (like with vga_getkey(), but in text mode).
  |  The standard "fgetc(stdin)" receives the char only after the whole line is
  |  entered. The "setvbuf(stdin,NULL,_IONBF,0);" doesn't help at all.
  |  How to implement it? Probably I should use "ioctls" to change the console's
  |  behaviour. Where should I look for the information?

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Eric G. Miller
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