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From: seaotter@athena.mit.edu
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Subject: VAX-C immediate char reading
Keywords: VAX-C VMS i/o immediate
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Another question I'm sure has been posted before...

Is there a way under VMS 5.x using Curses (yes, NOT smg$stuff)
to write some function next_avail_char() such that I could write
a code fragment like

	for(;;) {
	  if ((c = next_avail_char()) != '\0') {
	    dostuff();
	  } else {
	    update_something();
	  }
	}

In other words I need to know if there is input waiting and if so,
what it is.

Post or email c/o seaotter@athena.mit.edu or mzraly@ldbvax.dnet.lotus.com
The MIT address is probably better, though.


Thanks,
 Mike



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