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aurumice
03-01-2002, 02:05 AM
In linux...how can my c program get a single character from a keyboard without hitting 'Enter'(newline)???
rohit
03-01-2002, 02:26 AM
getchar,getche, getch functions i think can do that ...
Salem
03-01-2002, 09:10 AM
You have to make stdin unbuffered

Try
setbuf
setvbuf

Or looking at termios
klausi
03-03-2002, 11:53 AM
getch() , getche() arenīt ANSII-conform!!

klausi
PutoAmo
03-03-2002, 01:21 PM
You have to go into noncanonical mode. default is canonical