From: raf AT comdyn DOT com DOT au (raf)
Subject: Re: how to do a timeout in getchar
15 Mar 1998 08:35:16 -0800
Message-ID: <199803140508.QAA07103.cygnus.gnu-win32@mali.comdyn.com.au>
To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Kris wrote:

>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...

didn't someone othe other day mention that libslang
can produce a curses library?

try www.search.com to look for it.

raf

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