hello everyone!
i'd like to know if theres a way to run my program until the user presses Esc button.
i use linux environment and my main function runs fork().i want the program to stop
the fork() when the user presses escape.
thank you!
vyrte 0 Newbie Poster
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Jump to PostAs I said, I don't really now those libraries, try googling something like "c++ checking if key is pressed", or adding linux in there.
Jump to PostIn Standard C++ there is not. ESC is not a magic key today*. Just use ENTER.
* It never really was. The use of ESC has always been non-portable and much more difficult to program.
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jaskij 45 Junior Poster in Training
You need some sort of event handling... Don't really know what libs are used under lin.
vyrte 0 Newbie Poster
can you give me a hint?
jaskij 45 Junior Poster in Training
As I said, I don't really now those libraries, try googling something like "c++ checking if key is pressed", or adding linux in there.
vyrte 0 Newbie Poster
yes i have searched but c++ doesnt support an event handling so i'm curious if even theres a way to stop a loop when a key is pressed without using instructions like cin as they have to wait for an input.thank you anyway
jaskij 45 Junior Poster in Training
there must be a library.
And what I mean is, you run a loop (at limited FPS, not to kill the CPU) and in every loop you check if the key was pressed.
Good tutorial on that is at LazyFoo, but it uses a graphic library (SDL) which IMO would be an overkill here, but why not?
WaltP 2,905 Posting Sage w/ dash of thyme Team Colleague
In Standard C++ there is not. ESC is not a magic key today*. Just use ENTER.
* It never really was. The use of ESC has always been non-portable and much more difficult to program.
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