Hi,
In article <88r2vh$e8m$1@nntp5.atl.mindspring.net>,
  "Steven Hodgen" <shodgen@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Is there a "approved" way to read a single character,

Sure. Here are a few examples:
- in.get();
- char c; in >> std::noskipws >> c;
- in.rdbuf()->sbumpc();

> for choosing menu items, etc., using C++ streams?

This kind of indicates that you don't want to press the return key
after pushing the key for the selection. Well, this is actually not a
C++ but rather an operating system issue: Some operating systems buffer
the keyboard characters by default until the return key is pressed.
There are actually some systems where it is impossible to turn this
buffering off. However, the C++ does not require an implementation to
support any way to read characters immediately (actually, it does not
require much for 'std::cin' at all). Thus, you have to use some
environment specific approach to address this problem. I think the FAQ
of comp.lang.c talks about this problem. The most portable solution to
this problem isprobably using curses or ncurses.
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Hi,

Is there a "approved" way to read a single character, for choosing menu
items, etc., using C++ streams?  The docs that come with MSDN don't give up
this answer easily.

Thanks,
--Steven



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