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From: x85328@exmail.usma.edu (James Kingston)
Subject: vt100 programming problem
Date: 1997/04/28
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I am making a simple pong game for a computer science project,
using a couple of tasks for the ball and paddles.  It is run with 
vt100 emulation, and uses the keyboard to control the paddles,
specifically with text_io.get_immediate.

My question:  Is there any way to get input from a keyboard 
without the input appearing on the screen when the key is pressed?

The solution so far has been to overwrite the input character with a
space immediately after it is pressed, but along with appearing on the
screen for a split second, if the user presses a key that inputs
several characters of trash onto the screen at once (like the arrow
keys) only the last character will be overwritten.
Solutions/suggestions?

James Kingston
x85328@exmail.usma.edu