[Lazarus] read single char from STDIN

[Chris Kirkpatrick]

On 18/11/11 13:06, Martin wrote:
> Not done any console apps in a long time.
> If I do:
> var c: char;
>   read(c);
>
> It will read individual files, but only after I pressed enter on my 
> terminal. What is needed to read the char immediately?
>
>
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It really needs      get(c)  but this function, together with put(c), 
which were defined in Jensen & Wirth and all standard Pascals, has long 
been missing from Turbo Pascal, and all its deriviatives such as Freepascal.

Chris
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