From:	"Stefan Viljoen" <Stefan_Viljoen AT excite DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Text input with Allegro
Date:	Thu, 5 Apr 2001 06:22:18 +0200
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Daniel Eliasson <danieleliasson AT chello DOT se> wrote in message
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> Hi, I'm having some trouble getting user input in my game.
>
> More specifically, since I use Allegro, I can't use cin, and I really need
> to get a buffered input reader that let's a player input a name. Does
anyone
> know how to do this?
>
> Example code is always appreciated. Feel free to mail me if you don't want
> to post it here.

Have you considered using the GUI textbox function? Think it is called
d_edit...

Stefan Viljoen
F/EMS Dispatcher
Potchefstroom F/EMS
South Africa
http://home.intekom.com/rylan/

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