From: mfepsdp AT hero DOT mcc DOT ac DOT uk (Mr David Potts) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Simple Getch problem Date: 24 Nov 1996 00:02:41 GMT Organization: University of Manchester Lines: 55 Message-ID: <5783b1$gbk@yama.mcc.ac.uk> Reply-To: mfepsdp AT afs DOT mcc DOT ac DOT uk NNTP-Posting-Host: hero.mcc.ac.uk To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Could any one explain the following to me: I installed djgpp v2.01. I then found the following odd behavior. I compiled the following program: #include #include int main(void) { printf("Before getch"); getch(); return(0); } But when I ran it, it waited for a key press *then* printed the text rather than the other way round. What is going on? Dave. ********************************************************************* * DAVID POTTS * * 11F Lawngreen Avenue, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, MANCHESTER, M21 8FH, UK * * e-mail: mfepsdp AT afs DOT mcc DOT ac DOT uk Phone: +44 (0)161 881 2656 * *********************************************************************