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Re: PATCH: Use getche on Win32


> Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 13:15:50 -0700
> From: Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
> 
> Windows console semantics are different from UNIX.  If we just use
> "read" to read what the user's typing, we end up blocking until a
> newline is available, and even then there are some oddities.  The
> easiest thing seems to be to use the special "getche" (short for "get
> character with echo") routine which does the right thing.
> 
> Reviews?

What happens if you press one of the special keys, like Ctrl-C or the
arrow keys or PageDown?  Does getche still DTRT?


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