I have no qualms with writing my own editing routines; if anything, I'd like to write something that detects whether there's a line or a character mode enabled and compensates; that way I can at least test the functionality/efficiency of such routines. If they're horribly slow, I'll comment them out in the next compile. I'm getting close though. <grin>. > correct me if i'm wrong, but what yer tryin to do is read single > characters from the port prior to the user pressing return. > > first: THIS IS POSSIBLE. > second: I HAVE NO IDEA HOW. > > but i have picked up a few bits of reasoning on why this is not eggsacly > 'simple' code in a mud, and therefor why noone has done it :) > mud. if you examine every character, yer gonna have to provide editing > capabilities or at least a backspace/delete functionality. it's all or > nothing. also, you'll have to be checking the user's input before they > press return - which is essentially always. there was a fella working on > this problem for use in auto-completion (mite even have bin you) so if > yer out there, how far did you get? i'd be most interested in any > progress you make. > -dert >
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