RCONN@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Rick Conn) (04/08/91)
To add to the current discussion, this package, now in the ASR, is a superset of the single-character C function recently discussed. It supports single-char for PCs (Meridian Ada), UNIX (most Adas, altho I tested it only using Verdix), and VAX (DEC Ada). Rick Conn Ada Software Repository Release Notice Release of: Single-char input to Ada ------------------------------ 1. Taxonomy: COMPONENTS INPUT/OUTPUT SINGLE-CHARACTER WITHOUT RETURN KEY ------------------------------ 2. Author: John Herro et al Software Innovations Technology 1083 Mandarin Drive NE Palm Bay, FL 32905-4706 407/951-0233 ------------------------------ 3. Rights: Released to Ada Community ------------------------------ 4. Abstract: Package CUSTOM_IO provides low-level I/O facilities, particularly single-character input without the requirement for pressing the RETURN or ENTER key. The ability to set display colors for ANSI devices is included. This package is a part of the large ADA_TUTR offering, which is a CBT course in Ada that was written in Ada. Package CUSTOM_IO has been demonstrated to work on a variety of UNIX-hosted Ada compilers, DEC VAX using DEC Ada, and the IBM PC using Meridian Ada. ------------------------------ 5. Directory Listing: Directory PD2:<ADA.COMPONENTS> File Name Bytes Lines --------------- -------- ------ CUSTIO.PRO 2548 55 CUSTIO.SRC 18449 430 =============== ======== ====== 2 Files 20997 485 -------