Getch() waits for a keypress...

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr 24, 2001, "Programma Computer" <programma@tin.it> wrote:

> Function Getch() stops the execution of the program till the user press a
> key. On other platforms/compilers this function do not wait for the
> keypress.

You can always reopen stdin in O_NONBLOCK mode.

> Another question: is there any function I can use to put a character
> in the keyboard buffer ?

Nope.  The keyboard buffer is several layers of abstraction down
inside the kernel.  You may use ungetc() to push a character back into
stdin.

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