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From: abs@nbc1.UUCP (Andrew Siegel)
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Subject: Re: Re: cbreak mode
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Date: Thu, 15-Jan-87 12:27:29 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 15 12:27:29 1987
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> ... I found that the program
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <curses.h>
> 
> main()
> {
>    cbreak();
>    nocbreak();
> }
> 
> would leave the machine in cbreak mode.  Furthermore, I
> wrote my own routines to set and unset cbreak mode using
> ioctl() and had the same result.

If you're using curses, you must begin your program with a call to
initscr(), and terminate it with endwin().  The endwin() call returns
the tty parameters to their original setting.

Good luck.
-- 
Andrew Siegel, N2CN		NBC Computer Imaging, New York, NY
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