Re: Programming Question

[Stephan Quitzsch <wir95ccv%rzaix340.rz.uni-leipzig.de@localhost>]

On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, R T Dhami wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've been trying to accomplish this task:
> 
>       get a char (or int) from the keyboard without having to press
>       return after.  Every standard command like fgetc etc. all need
>       to have the return key pressed to continue.
> 
> Is there something I can use to do this with NetBSD-1.1?

Yes, there is: #include <curses.h> 
this provides a "getch()"-function you probably know from SAS/C, but you 
should read the "man curses" page before you use it. Add the following to 
your compiler switches: "-ltermcap -lcurses". It worked for me raelly 
good.

> 
> Rick
Ciao,
        Stephan