From: afn06760@afn.org Subject: Re: how to do a timeout in getchar 13 Mar 1998 23:32:08 -0800 Message-ID: <199803131201.MAA17218.cygnus.gnu-win32@out2.ibm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com The cygnus censor has been deleting my posts lately, so I took the precaution of also sending this to the person who posted the message. > Kris Thielemans (kris@wren.rpms.ac.uk) > Thu, 12 Mar 1998 10:48:44 GMT > >I've always been using getch() from curses for this on Unix. Unfortunately, >there is no curses library in cygwin. I know of the existence of pdcurses >and ncurses, but tried neither of those yet. Can anyone advise me on the >difference between the two ? >Of course, using curses just for getch() seems a bit overkill, but select() >is a bit complicated for me... > Hello, hello, Christopher Wren. 1. getch() and kbhit() are both in the MINGW32 system that is an addon to cygwin (under conio.h). 2. You can use the slang library as a libcurses. has macros for converting curses calls into slang curses calls, and I have tested them and found them to work for many apps. 3. Or, you can use the Slang version of getkey and keypressed.  - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".