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From: "Ray Tindall" <bjyxxl@echidna.stu.cowan.edu.au>
Subject: Troubles : New_Page & Get_Immediate
Date: 1997/10/17
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Help for a novice?

Using Ada95 and the GW-Gnat compiler.

When trying to use New_Page as in
   New_Page;
to simply refresh the screen in output of text to the screen all I'm
getting is a weird symbol, the control character that represents a page
terminator I guess.  Does anyone know why and or if there is a specific way
it must be used or if it's inappropriate to do what I'm trying.

The LRM states that Get_Immediate can be used to get a character from the
keyboard immediately ie. without the enter key.   But says should be used
with 'unbuffered' input.   Are there any references or suggestions as to
how to do low_level IO or 'unbuffered' input to do this.  End goal to have
something like the well known 'hit any key to continue'.