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Date: | 2004-02-07 (14:54) |
From: | David MENTRE <david.mentre@w...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] How to read a password without displaying it? |
David MENTRE <dmentre@linux-france.org> writes: > I tried following trick, using '\b' on output. Strangely enough, the > output_char have no effect, even if I do a flush. The '*' are printed > *after* I do a <RETURN> on my terminal. I don't understand this > behavior. The flush should send the caracters to the terminal. Oops, I remembered my old unix programming. The shell (or whatever in front of the caml program) sends the whole line after <CR>. So my output is done on the following line. (sight) Yours, d. -- david.mentre@wanadoo.fr ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners