From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: Problem with kbhit()
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On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 12:03:18 +0100, Karsten Schmidt
<Karsten DOT Schmidt AT student DOT uni-ulm DOT de> wrote:

>I guess I found a solution: I have to poll the character with getch()
>
>> int main (void)
>> {  while(!kbhit())    // Wait until key pressed
>>    {  printf(".");
>>       delay(1000); }
>
>     getch()             <-------- read keyboard

This may screw things up with respect to extended keys (Fkeys,
arrows).  An extended key will return 0 on the first read then a
scancode on the second read.

if(getch() == 0)
  getch();

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