kbhit() and getch() in gnu C++

[Gary Kabitzke]

The DEC 1000 we have at school uses vt100s for stdin and stdout. The
only functions that I can find to get data from the vt100 are like getc(),
getline,.... These all require that you press return before the key is
available for processing by a program. I have tried to write functions
like kbhit() and getch(), which are available on a PC platform, but I have
not had much luck. I have looked directly at stdin, but no chars get loaded
into the stdin buffer until a function like getc(stdin) is executed.

If anybody has the solution of how to input a key from a terminal,
including white space, without having to press return, please forward the
info.

Thanks

Gary

[Dave Steffen]

Gary Kabitzke (gaka...@meqlan1.remnet.ab.com) wrote:
[snip]

> available for processing by a program. I have tried to write functions
> like kbhit() and getch(), which are available on a PC platform, but I have
> not had much luck. I have looked directly at stdin, but no chars get loaded

I believe that kbhit() and friends are specific to Borland's
C/C++ compilers. Doing this kind of thing on a Unix box (Xwindows or
otherwise) takes a bit more doing... check out the "curses"
library. I've heard of a C++ library called "Drat" but haven't tried
it out.

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