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From: Alex Mentis <asmentis@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How to exit a loop with keyboard input
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:57:46 -0700 (PDT)
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On Apr 12, 12:12=A0am, Jerry <lancebo...@qwest.net> wrote:
> [Sorry for the cross-post.]

> I thought Get_Immediate would work (reading Cohen's book) but it does
> not do what I want. For example, the following program stops looping
> and requires me to hit RETURN even if I hit another key first. It
> continues looping (very slowly) if I hold down the RETURN key.
>

Are you using GPS as your IDE by any chance?  When I run programs
using Get_Immediate from inside GPS, Get_Immediate does not work as it
should (it requires a CR after the character input).  When I run those
same programs in an external terminal window it works fine.  Perhaps
something between your keyboard and your program is buffering your
input without your knowledge?

Alex