Is it possible using the linux version to have a program sleep until a key is pressed?

I've looked for such a thing... even tried:

procedure wait_for_key;
var keystroke:text;
begin
assign(keystroke,'');
selecttext(keystroke);
end;

with no luck, it seem as though the only way to put a process into the sleep state is
by using the pause procedure... which doesn't return on a keypress.

This works under Windows; I don't know about Linux:

  uses Windows, CRT;
  begin
    ...
    while not keypressed do sleep(1);
    ...
     - Rich

Stephen Hurd wrote

Is it possible using the linux version to have a program sleep until a key is pressed?

Have a look at the code for readkey in the Linux Crt unit.

Jonas

On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Stephen Hurd wrote: > Is it possible using the linux version to have a program sleep until a

key

I'm not seeing anything there... I uses select(), it uses delay(), it doesn't go to sleep. It stays as a runnable process.

I'm not seeing anything there... I uses select(), it uses delay(), it doesn't go to sleep. It stays as a runnable process.

My bad... was using the wrong version of a unit... ReadKey does make the process sleep.

Sorry for the hassle.

But it doesn't use any cpu cycles while waiting. What's the difference with sleep then?

Jonas

No prpoblem. And sorry I didn't look further in my mailbox before replying :)

Jonas