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Re: LINUX / Keyboard echo during command execution [message #28353 is a reply to message #28272]

Mon, 03 December 2001 11:21

Craig Markwardt
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Jeff Hester <jhester@asu.edu> writes:

> Under Linux (RedHat 7.1 / IDL 5.4) keyboard input entered during
> execution of a procedure is echoed to the screen, leading to very
> annoying behavior from routines that, for example, use get_kbrd() to
> poll the keyboard during execution. This behavior is different from my
> previous environment (DEC UNIX / IDL 5.4). I am running the SawFish
> window manager and GNOME, although the behavior persists under KDE as
> well.
>
> To see the problem, enter
> wait,5
> and during the wait, see if keyboard input is echoed. Characters should
> not appear on the screen until after the wait completes, but in my
> current environment, they do.

Hi Jeff--

For every version of Linux IDL I tried, including 5.1 and 5.2,
characters are echoed during a WAIT.

Craig

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