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From: KETTERING@SPIKE.llnl.gov (Brett 'Volleyball is my game' Kettering)
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Subject: Getting single keystrokes . . .
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Date: 21 Sep 90 14:50:00 GMT
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In response to message <39@screamer.csee.usf.edu> from Greg Stelmack

>Is there any way in Ada to read single keystrokes from the keyboard? Not the
>GET from TEXT_IO which requires a carriage return before sending the data, but
>as soon as a key is pressed have it sent?

If your operating system is VMS you want to use the QIO or QIOW system
services.  I am sure that other operating systems offer similar services.

Brett M. Kettering
LLNL
KETTERING@SPIKE.llnl.gov