Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one

From	BartC <bc@freeuk.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one
Date	2016-12-17 18:21 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 17/12/2016 17:53, Malcolm McLean wrote:
> On Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 5:25:36 PM UTC, Bart wrote:
>>
>> It means a console app has to be crippled to run on Unix. Everything has
>> to be reduced to some function lazily operating on a sequence of bytes
>> with the output passed to another function. Forget any form of user
>> interaction!
>>
> Beginner programs usually run a little dialog with the user.
>
> Enter number of employees
> 123
> Please enter an number between 0 and 10
> 9
> Enter name of employee number 0
> Fred Bloggs
>
> etc
>
> It's rare to want to run a program like that for real. However you
> do frequently want a reasonably rich set of options on the command
> line.

There are plenty of real programs that do just that:

   > format C:
   Are you sure (Y/N)?

Or:

   > python
   >>> print (2+4)
    6
   >>> etc

Or my IDE which usually sits in a loop waiting for the next line-command 
to be typed to it.

> Another pattern is to use the console window as a raster for a
> graphical display, like the game Rogue. You rarely see that these
> days, because Ascii artworks are isn't aesthetically very good.
> However it's a good way for programmer who have no art skills
> to get graphics up and running.

Another real pattern is to use the console window as an array of 
characters rather than pixels, as in text-based editors, IDEs, file 
managers, text games etc. But they usually demand extra key events 
beyond the bare TTY-style of Unix.

-- 
bartc

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Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-14 00:04 -0800
  Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-14 11:10 +0000
    Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-14 23:50 -0800
      Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-15 08:52 +0000
        Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 00:58 -0800
          Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-15 09:09 +0000
            Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 04:23 -0800
              Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-15 12:50 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-15 14:14 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-15 14:42 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-15 09:49 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2016-12-15 17:58 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-15 18:22 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-15 11:51 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-15 20:35 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-15 12:58 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-15 13:11 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-16 02:14 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-16 11:25 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-16 16:41 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-16 22:08 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-17 02:48 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-17 11:54 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-17 15:33 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-12-17 08:27 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-17 17:25 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-17 09:53 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-17 18:21 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-12-17 10:30 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-17 22:39 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-17 14:51 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-17 23:12 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-12-18 08:37 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-18 13:14 -0800
            Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-12-15 15:03 -0800
              Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-15 15:29 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-12-15 20:48 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-15 22:58 -0800
                OSX line endings (Was: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2016-12-16 10:22 +0000
                Re: OSX line endings (Was: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one) Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-12-16 07:29 -0800
                Making OSX's boot drive case-sensitve (Was: OSX line endings (Was: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one)) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2016-12-17 10:06 +0000
                Re: Making OSX's boot drive case-sensitve (Was: OSX line endings (Was: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one)) Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-12-17 12:39 -0800
                Re: Making OSX's boot drive case-sensitve (Was: OSX line endings (Was: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one)) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2016-12-18 13:54 +0000
                Re: Making OSX's boot drive case-sensitve (Was: OSX line endings (Was: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one)) Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-12-18 17:57 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-12-16 07:12 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-16 12:02 -0800
              Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-15 23:29 +0000
              Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-16 02:37 -0800
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-12-16 07:51 -0800
          Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2016-12-15 12:22 +0100
            Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-15 11:29 +0000
              Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2016-12-15 12:40 +0100
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-15 12:00 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-12-15 13:09 +0100
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-15 12:43 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-12-15 09:18 -0500
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-15 14:49 +0000
                Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-12-15 10:34 -0500
              Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2016-12-15 16:34 +0100
    Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 00:22 -0800
      Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-15 09:04 +0000
  Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2016-12-14 03:38 -0800

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