GorillaApe
Reputation: 3641
C read from Console limit char input.How to do it?
I am trying to build my first Windows TUI Console app and i am facing some problems...
Scanf nor fgets prevents user from entering unlimted characters unless hits enter etc..
In a TUI interface thats a problem.. because it can get overwrite the line below...
Is there any solution for this apart from getch
Upvotes: 0
Views: 280
Answers (1)
user2100815
Reputation:
No, there isn't, at least not portably. C input is stream based, and doesn't have a concept of a keyboard. If you really want to write a text user interface, use ncurses or pdcurses.
Upvotes: 3
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