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  1. bconnor

    bconnor New Member

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    Modify play_again3.c so; upon receiving a keyboard signal, it resets the terminal attributes and exits with a value of 2.

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    /* play_again3.c
     *	purpose: ask if user wants another transaction
     *	 method: set tty into chr-by-chr, no-echo mode
     *		 set tty into no-delay mode
     *		 read char, return result
     *	returns: 0=>yes, 1=>no, 2=>timeout
     *	 better: reset terminal mode on Interrupt
     */
    #include	<stdio.h>
    #include	<termios.h>
    #include	<fcntl.h>
    #include	<string.h>
    
    #define	ASK		"Do you want another transaction"
    #define	TRIES	   3	                                   /* max tries */
    #define SLEEPTIME  2                                       /* time per try */
    #define	BEEP       putchar('\a')                           /* alert user */
    
    main()
    {
    	int	response;
    
    	tty_mode(0);				/* save current mode	*/
    	set_cr_noecho_mode();			/* set -icanon, -echo	*/
    	set_nodelay_mode();			/* noinput => EOF	*/
    	response = get_response(ASK, TRIES);	/* get some answer	*/
    	tty_mode(1);				/* restore orig mode	*/
    	return response;
    }
    get_response( char *question , int maxtries)
    /*
     * purpose: ask a question and wait for a y/n answer or maxtries
     *  method: use getchar and complain about non-y/n input
     * returns: 0=>yes, 1=>no, 2=>timeout
     */
    {
    	int	input;
    
    	printf("%s (y/n)?", question);			/* ask		*/
    	fflush(stdout);					/* force output	*/
    	while ( 1 ){
    		sleep(SLEEPTIME);			/* wait a bit	*/
    		input = tolower(get_ok_char());        	/* get next chr */
    		if ( input == 'y' )
    			return 0;
    		if ( input == 'n' )
    			return 1;
    		if ( maxtries-- == 0 )			/* outatime?	*/
    			return 2;			/* sayso	*/
    		BEEP;
    	}
    }
    /*
     *  skip over non-legal chars and return y,Y,n,N or EOF
     */
    get_ok_char()
    {
    	int c;
    	while( ( c = getchar() ) != EOF && strchr("yYnN",c) == NULL )
    		;
    	return c;
    }
    
    set_cr_noecho_mode()
    /* 
     * purpose: put file descriptor 0 into chr-by-chr mode and noecho mode
     *  method: use bits in termios
     */
    {
    	struct	termios	ttystate;
    
    	tcgetattr( 0, &ttystate);		/* read curr. setting	*/
    	ttystate.c_lflag    	&= ~ICANON;	/* no buffering		*/
    	ttystate.c_lflag    	&= ~ECHO;	/* no echo either	*/
    	ttystate.c_cc[VMIN]  	=  1;		/* get 1 char at a time	*/
    	tcsetattr( 0 , TCSANOW, &ttystate);	/* install settings	*/
    }
    
    set_nodelay_mode()
    /*
     * purpose: put file descriptor 0 into no-delay mode
     *  method: use fcntl to set bits
     *   notes: tcsetattr() will do something similar, but it is complicated
     */
    {
    	int	termflags;
    
    	termflags = fcntl(0, F_GETFL);		/* read curr. settings	*/
    	termflags |= O_NDELAY;			/* flip on nodelay bit	*/
    	fcntl(0, F_SETFL, termflags);		/* and install 'em	*/
    }
    
    /* how == 0 => save current mode,  how == 1 => restore mode */
    /* this version handles termios and fcntl flags             */
    
    tty_mode(int how)
    {
    	static struct termios original_mode;
    	static int            original_flags;
    	if ( how == 0 ){
    		tcgetattr(0, &original_mode);
    		original_flags = fcntl(0, F_GETFL);
    	}
    	else {
    		tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &original_mode); 
    		fcntl( 0, F_SETFL, original_flags);	
    	}
    }
     
  2. shabbir

    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    Probably because of
    Code:
    if ( maxtries-- == 0 )			/* outatime?	*/
    	return 2;			/* sayso	*/
    
    it returns when MAXTRIES reaches 0.
     

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