ReadKey like Function in C

[Thomas E. Dell]

>I have *yet* to *really* encounter a need to get a key as soon as it's
>pressed.  If the ability is available, I might design things differently
>than if it weren't, but it's not something that will kill me if it's not
>there.  The *only* place I've seen a need for something like that is in
>games, which, I regret to inform you, are not the staple of most
>programmers.

How about..

  - You want to have abort/flush/whatever characters in your
    application that are not handled by unix
  - You don't want your characters echoed back when you type
    them, but when they are used (as fill-in-the-blank applications,
    etc). Echo-as-you-type is often undesirable.
  - You want to add more line edit capabilities, such as ^W to
    erase a word, or whatnot.
  - You have prompts where no [return] is desired, as a yes/no, etc.

I've never written a game in my life.. These are all problems
quality applications program have coping with the many varieties
of unix.. Many times the default behavior is damn ugly, unusable, or worse.


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