Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!ucsd!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!botter!star.cs.vu.nl!tjalk!maart From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: How can I read keyboard without stopping Keywords: curses keyboard Message-ID: <1202@tjalk.cs.vu.nl> Date: 19 Aug 88 01:55:52 GMT References: <813@ms3.UUCP> <1246@mcgill-vision.UUCP> Reply-To: maart@cs.vu.nl () Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Lines: 10 In article <1246@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes: \ - generally, non-blocking mode *must* be turned off or \ the shell will die - so you must trap SIGBUS, \ SIGSEGV, SIGINT, etc. Are you saying that the shell will die if a CHILD sets the non-blocking mode? I guess your operating system isn't Unix. -- If you enjoyed the recent heat wave, |Maarten Litmaath @ Free U Amsterdam: you'll certainly like the ozone gap...|maart@cs.vu.nl, mcvax!botter!maart