cbreak mode

[Andrew Siegel]

> ... I found that the program
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <curses.h>
> 
> main()
> {
>    cbreak();
>    nocbreak();
> }
> 
> would leave the machine in cbreak mode.  Furthermore, I
> wrote my own routines to set and unset cbreak mode using
> ioctl() and had the same result.

If you're using curses, you must begin your program with a call to
initscr(), and terminate it with endwin().  The endwin() call returns
the tty parameters to their original setting.

Good luck.
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