Re: towards 4.4 (pause for keyboard for gnuplot.exe on windows)

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> In gnuplot.exe on windows, we can break pause for key board like 'pause -1' by any key.
> In the manual or the help of pause, it can be broken by only the return key.
> 
> Is it desirable to correct code of pause command for keyboard only be broken by the return key?
> 
> In current state, pause for keyboard on gnuplo.exe by calling term->waitforinput().
> In term->waitforinput(), ConsoleGetch() is used.
> 
> Why I use term->waitforinput() but not fgets(buf, strlen(buf), stdin) is the way to get command
> strings from the prompt gnuplot.exe for windows.  It gets commant strings though ConsoleGetch() so
> that using fgets(buf, strlen(buf), stdin) gave failure to get command string after pause for key
> board.
> 
> If it is desirable  that pause command for keyboard only be broken by return key, I will fix it using
> a loop when return code gotten from term->waitforinput().

I think the loop waiting for Enter is the most appropriate solution.

---
PM