[comp.lang.pascal] Single character reading in VAX Pascal

NCLARKE%DREW.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (03/18/88)

Unfortunately VAX Pascal has what they call "lazy look ahead" and there is
no way within it to pull a character from the keyboard without hitting
return.  The only think to do is create an external function (in assembly
most likely) that does this for you.

Neil Clarke
Drew University
nclarke@drew.bitnet

leighc@byuvax.bitnet (03/20/88)

             Try using SMG$READ_KEYSTROKE from the VMS runtime libraries.

See the second runtime library manual for info on the Screen Management
Routines (SMG$).

Chad