1. wait_key() in translated programs
Hello all,
the following program
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include get.e
puts(1, "Hello world!\n\nPress any key ...")
if wait_key() then end if
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runs as expected, using the Windows interpreter (2.4 Beta).
That is, in order to terminate the program, I have to press any key
1 time.
Using the translator (2.4 Beta), and the Borland C++ 5.5 Command-line
Compiler, most keys also must be pressed 1 time, but unlike the
interpreted program, <Enter> -- which I almost always use in such
situations -- must be pressed 2 times. Strange ...
Best regards,
Juergen
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2. Re: wait_key() in translated programs
Juergen Luethje wrote:
> the following program
>
> -------------------------
> include get.e
> puts(1, "Hello world!\n\nPress any key ...")
> if wait_key() then end if
> -------------------------
>
> runs as expected, using the Windows interpreter (2.4 Beta).
> That is, in order to terminate the program, I have to press any key
> 1 time.
>
> Using the translator (2.4 Beta), and the Borland C++ 5.5 Command-line
> Compiler, most keys also must be pressed 1 time, but unlike the
> interpreted program, <Enter> -- which I almost always use in such
> situations -- must be pressed 2 times. Strange ...
Yes, I'm aware of this little glitch.
It only affects Windows console programs,
translated using Borland or Lcc, not Windows GUI programs.
It works fine translated with Watcom.
I'm not sure what it is, but I've got it on my list.
Thanks,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
3. Re: wait_key() in translated programs
On Tue, 13 May 2003 17:59:02 -0400, Robert Craig
<rds at RapidEuphoria.com> wrote:
>Yes, I'm aware of this little glitch.
>It only affects Windows console programs,
>translated using Borland or Lcc, not Windows GUI programs.
>It works fine translated with Watcom.
>I'm not sure what it is, but I've got it on my list.
A similar deal(?) is that if I leave the PC for a while and it goes
into sleep mode, a "safe" thing to do to wake it up is press the shift
key (plus it is the key nearest the door), but it don't work when a
windows console has focus. Nudging the mouse works tho.
Pete
4. Re: wait_key() in translated programs
Hello Rob and Pete,
Pete wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 2003 17:59:02 -0400, Robert Craig
> <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I'm aware of this little glitch.
>> It only affects Windows console programs,
>> translated using Borland or Lcc, not Windows GUI programs.
>> It works fine translated with Watcom.
>> I'm not sure what it is, but I've got it on my list.
Thanks.
> A similar deal(?) is that if I leave the PC for a while and it goes
> into sleep mode, a "safe" thing to do to wake it up is press the shift
> key (plus it is the key nearest the door), but it don't work when a
> windows console has focus. Nudging the mouse works tho.
>
> Pete
AFAIK the <SHIFT> keys are special, compared to the normal character
keys, whereas the <ENTER> key is a normal key sendig "character" #0D
to the computer. No?
Best regards,
Juergen
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5. Re: wait_key() in translated programs
On Wed, 14 May 2003 12:45:44 +0200, Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de>
wrote:
>Hello Rob and Pete,
>
>Pete wrote:
>> a "safe" thing to do to wake it up is press the shift
>> key (plus it is the key nearest the door), but it don't work when a
>> windows console has focus. Nudging the mouse works tho.
>>
>> Pete
>
>AFAIK the <SHIFT> keys are special,
Correct and incorrect. Basic hardware is just going to say "this
happened"; it is up to the PC/OS/software to determine it "special".
Some API may register a shift key, or a mouse move, some may not.
No big deal, just wanted Rob to bear that in mind if/when he looks at
the problem just reported.
I am entirely certain that the two are wholly, completely, and utterly
unrelated, however if Rob is looking at the code written by a program
that he wrote, it may (or probably more than likely not) relate back
to the code He (not His program) wrote.
Pete
