OpenEuphoria

Re: wait_key() in translated programs

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> May 14, 2003
• 377 views

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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