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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ *                                                                          *
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+ *                                                                          *
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+ *                                                                          *
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+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1992,1995               *
+ *     and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>                         *
+ *     and: Thomas E. Dickey 2002                                           *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ *	lib_kernel.c
+ *
+ *	Misc. low-level routines:
+ *		erasechar()
+ *		killchar()
+ *		flushinp()
+ *
+ * The baudrate() and delay_output() functions could logically live here,
+ * but are in other modules to reduce the static-link size of programs
+ * that use only these facilities.
+ */
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+#include <term.h>		/* cur_term */
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_kernel.c,v 1.24 2004/05/08 17:11:21 tom Exp $")
+
+static int
+_nc_vdisable(void)
+{
+    int value = -1;
+#if defined(_POSIX_VDISABLE) && HAVE_UNISTD_H
+    value = _POSIX_VDISABLE;
+#endif
+#if defined(_PC_VDISABLE)
+    if (value == -1) {
+	value = fpathconf(0, _PC_VDISABLE);
+	if (value == -1) {
+	    value = 0377;
+	}
+    }
+#elif defined(VDISABLE)
+    if (value == -1)
+	value = VDISABLE;
+#endif
+    return value;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	erasechar()
+ *
+ *	Return erase character as given in cur_term->Ottyb.
+ *
+ */
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(char)
+erasechar(void)
+{
+    int result = ERR;
+    T((T_CALLED("erasechar()")));
+
+    if (cur_term != 0) {
+#ifdef TERMIOS
+	result = cur_term->Ottyb.c_cc[VERASE];
+	if (result == _nc_vdisable())
+	    result = ERR;
+#else
+	result = cur_term->Ottyb.sg_erase;
+#endif
+    }
+    returnCode(result);
+}
+
+/*
+ *	killchar()
+ *
+ *	Return kill character as given in cur_term->Ottyb.
+ *
+ */
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(char)
+killchar(void)
+{
+    int result = ERR;
+    T((T_CALLED("killchar()")));
+
+    if (cur_term != 0) {
+#ifdef TERMIOS
+	result = cur_term->Ottyb.c_cc[VKILL];
+	if (result == _nc_vdisable())
+	    result = ERR;
+#else
+	result = cur_term->Ottyb.sg_kill;
+#endif
+    }
+    returnCode(result);
+}
+
+/*
+ *	flushinp()
+ *
+ *	Flush any input on cur_term->Filedes
+ *
+ */
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+flushinp(void)
+{
+    T((T_CALLED("flushinp()")));
+
+    if (cur_term != 0) {
+#ifdef TERMIOS
+	tcflush(cur_term->Filedes, TCIFLUSH);
+#else
+	errno = 0;
+	do {
+	    ioctl(cur_term->Filedes, TIOCFLUSH, 0);
+	} while
+	    (errno == EINTR);
+#endif
+	if (SP) {
+	    SP->_fifohead = -1;
+	    SP->_fifotail = 0;
+	    SP->_fifopeek = 0;
+	}
+	returnCode(OK);
+    }
+    returnCode(ERR);
+}