From: Joe Wright <wrightj AT exis DOT net>
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Subject: Re: bug in printf?
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 00:04:23 -0500
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Ian Mausolus wrote:
> 
> When using printf in Watcom C 32-bit and DJGPP I found that it didn't seem
> to function properly.  The printed items just would not get displayed
> unless they were ended with a hard return (\n) ?  Does anybody know why?
> Does anybody know how to fix it?  Did anybody write a replacement for
> printf that actually works fine?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> I. Mausolus
Not a bug, really.  Just annoying sometimes.  printf() output is
buffered
and doesn't get to the console until the '\n' is sent (as you noted). If
you
must get to the screen before \n you need an un-buffered function like,
in djgpp, cprintf() declared in conio.h.  See if Watcom has conio.h too.
-- 
Joe Wright     mailto:wrightj AT exis DOT net
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