12-17-2010
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Strictly speaking, there's not. But since the terminal doesn't block in raw mode like this, it's way better than a CPU-sucking infinite read() loop. Other alternatives, like poll(), aren't portable.
I can't perfectly explain why, but 0 seems to work better than 1. with 1 it seems to block mysteriously.
So you're saying 1 is the correct setting, right?
We do want to block, reading one character at the time, and that's just normal behavior for noncanonical terminals unless you're using O_NONBLOCK.
The select() kludge is unneeded if you set c_cc[VMIN] properly.
Nowhere in the original question does the OP mention any wishes for timeouts of any sort.
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page_util_quote
page_util_quote(n) Parser generator tools page_util_quote(n)
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NAME
page_util_quote - page character quoting utilities
SYNOPSIS
package require page::util::quote ?0.1?
package require snit
::page::util::quote::unquote char
::page::util::quote::quote'tcl char
::page::util::quote::quote'tclstr char
::page::util::quote::quote'tclcom char
_________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION
This package provides a few utility commands to convert characters into various forms.
API
::page::util::quote::unquote char
A character, as stored in an abstract syntax tree by a PEG processor (See the packages grammar::peg::interpreter, grammar::me, and
their relations), i.e. in some quoted form, is converted into the equivalent Tcl character. The character is returned as the result
of the command.
::page::util::quote::quote'tcl char
This command takes a Tcl character (internal representation) and converts it into a string which is accepted by the Tcl parser, will
regenerate the character in question and is 7bit ASCII. The string is returned as the result of this command.
::page::util::quote::quote'tclstr char
This command takes a Tcl character (internal representation) and converts it into a string which is accepted by the Tcl parser and
will generate a human readable representation of the character in question. The string is returned as the result of this command.
The string does not use any unprintable characters. It may use backslash-quoting. High UTF characters are quoted to avoid problems
with the still prevalent ascii terminals. It is assumed that the string will be used in a double-quoted environment.
::page::util::quote::quote'tclcom char
This command takes a Tcl character (internal representation) and converts it into a string which is accepted by the Tcl parser when
used within a Tcl comment. The string is returned as the result of this command.
BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
This document, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category page of the Tcllib SF Trackers
[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have.
KEYWORDS
page, parser generator, quoting, text processing
CATEGORY
Page Parser Generator
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2007 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>
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