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From: BrianG <briang000@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How to exit a loop with keyboard input
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:06:47 -0400
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Jerry wrote:
> On Apr 12, 1:57 pm, Alex Mentis <asmen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> snip
>> 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
> 
> I'm not using GPS, but I thought of the possibility of a problem with
> the development environment which in my case is Apple's Xcode. That's
> why I executed in three other terminal programs (including Apple's
> Terminal.app, the terminal in Path Finder, and something called
> iTerm), but all gave the same result. Which doesn't completely answer
> the question of stealth buffering. But given the discussion above
> about a patch I'm guessing the problem is not weird buffering.
> 
> Jerry

When GNAT for DOS/Windows (yeah, a while ago - remember Ada9X?) did 
this, I used a 'wimp out' solution:

    function KB_Hit return Boolean;
    pragma Import(KB_Hit, "kbhit"); --not sure of the syntax
    ...
       exit when KB_Hit;
    ...
   (of course you have to remember to Flush or equiv)

Not pretty, but it worked.

--BrianG

	--I'm in a groove now -
	-- Or is it a rut?