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divtiply

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Read serial port snippet
« on: August 26, 2014, 02:29:34 PM »
For those who need it:

(setq com (open "\\\\.\\COM1" "r"))
...
(close com)
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hmspe

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Re: Read serial port snippet
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2014, 04:25:54 PM »
Is there similar syntax for stdin (keyboard)?
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Re: Read serial port snippet
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2014, 06:17:53 PM »
Quote from: hmspe on August 26, 2014, 04:25:54 PM
Is there similar syntax for stdin (keyboard)?

Short answer: NO.

Long answer: yes, but only for _console_ applications (which AutoCAD is not) - there are CONIN$ and CONOUT$ device files.
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hmspe

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Re: Read serial port snippet
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2014, 09:07:17 PM »
Thanks.  I was hoping for an easy way to read the keys that grread does not return.
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