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Base Operating System and Extensions Technical Reference, Volume 2

halfdelay Subroutine

Purpose

Controls input character delay mode.

Library

Curses Library (libcurses.a)

Syntax

#include <curses.h>
int halfdelay(int tenths);

Description

The halfdelay subroutine sets the input mode for the current window to Half-Delay Mode and specifies tenths of seconds as the half-delay interval. The tenths argument must be in a range from 1 up to and including 255.

Flag

x Instructs wgetch to wait x tenths of a second for input before timing out.

Parameters

tenths

Return Values

Upon successful completion, the halfdelay subroutine returns OK. Otherwise, it returns ERR.

Related Information

The cbreak subroutine.


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