[Lazarus] read single char from STDIN

[Sven Barth]

Am 18.11.2011 17:18, schrieb 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.

FPC is starting to get ISO Pascal support, so they might get implemented 
sooner or later. See also 
http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_New_Features_2.6.0#Basic_ISO_Standard_Pascal_support

Regards,
Sven