[LC++]using readline and istream input methods?

[Jack Lloyd]

It is usually easier to answer these things with code posted. But I *think*
what you want is to use the C++ function sync_with_stdio (Google it for
details). However, that will *only* work if readline is going through C stdio;
if for some reason it uses the file descriptor directly that that won't help.

Oh, and that also assumes readline isn't doing its own buffering...

-Jack

On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 11:05:15AM +0100, Julien Claassen wrote:
> Hi!
>   I've got a problem, which may not be really on topic here, but I don't know
> where else to ask.
>   I've got a program where I use the readline library to read commands. Yet at
> some points I really think it's best to use getline or cin. Yet sometimes the
> following happens:
>    readline prompt> input <ENTER>
>   cin/getline: (some magic input I don't enter)
>   I tried to empty the input buffer, but I wasn't successful. Does anyone
> know:
>   1. how to empty the input buffer?
>   2. What this problem might be, if it isn't some backheld newline?
>   Kindest regards and thanks for any help!
>             Julien
> 
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