correct me if i'm wrong, but what yer tryin to do is read single characters from the port prior to the user pressing return. first: THIS IS POSSIBLE. second: I HAVE NO IDEA HOW. but i have picked up a few bits of reasoning on why this is not eggsacly 'simple' code in a mud, and therefor why noone has done it :) mud. if you examine every character, yer gonna have to provide editing capabilities or at least a backspace/delete functionality. it's all or nothing. also, you'll have to be checking the user's input before they press return - which is essentially always. there was a fella working on this problem for use in auto-completion (mite even have bin you) so if yer out there, how far did you get? i'd be most interested in any progress you make. -dert
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