OpenEuphoria

get_key() with backspace

• Posted by Mathew Hounsell <mat.hounsell at MAILEXCITE.COM> Mar 28, 1998
• 1629 views

It was basically said:
I need to use get_key() to read a string. I want to delete a character on the sc
reen
if backspace (Key 8) is pressed.

Read carefully as this may help a lot of people,

Using DOS32, 14 when sent to the screen deletes the character before it.

I think it works like that with puts(), I can't check as my net connections via
a
mac, as you may have guessed. eg puts(1, 14) Otherwise the only thing you can do
is use position() to put a NULL over the character that was removed and move the
cursor back using position( )  again. It's annoying but it works.
I have no Idea about WIN32 as I don't have WIN4+.

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Sincerely,
Mathew Hounsell
Mat.Hounsell at mailexcite.com




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