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From: Jerry <lanceboyle@qwest.net>
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Subject: Re: How to exit a loop with keyboard input
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On Apr 15, 5:06=A0pm, BrianG <briang...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jerry
>
> When GNAT for DOS/Windows (yeah, a while ago - remember Ada9X?) did
> this, I used a 'wimp out' solution:
>
> =A0 =A0 function KB_Hit return Boolean;
> =A0 =A0 pragma Import(KB_Hit, "kbhit"); --not sure of the syntax
> =A0 =A0 ...
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0exit when KB_Hit;
> =A0 =A0 ...
> =A0 =A0(of course you have to remember to Flush or equiv)
>
> Not pretty, but it worked.
>
I would love to use this but it turns out that kbhit is a Windows
thing and possibly a Borland thing. And I'm on OS X. Seems Unix/Linux
doesn't have an equivalent which strikes me as odd. But I found an
implementation for Linux here:

http://www.pwilson.net/kbhit.html

I might give it a whirl.

Jerry

Jerry
> --BrianG
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 --I'm in a groove now -
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -- Or is it a rut?