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    copied!<p>I have a code that read a form field using ncurses (C++), but i can't show a value when the form field isn't full typed.</p> <pre><code>#include &lt;form.h&gt; #include &lt;curses.h&gt; #include &lt;stdlib.h&gt; #include &lt;string.h&gt; #include &lt;time.h&gt; WINDOW *chatwin, *entrywin; FIELD *field[1]; FORM *fo; void quit(void) { int i; unpost_form(fo); free_form(fo); free_field(field[0]); free_field(field[1]); delwin(chatwin); endwin(); } int main(void) { int xsize, ysize; int charinput, i; char inputstring[200]; char ttime[10]; initscr(); atexit(quit); clear(); noecho(); curs_set(1); cbreak(); keypad(stdscr, TRUE); getmaxyx(stdscr, ysize, xsize); start_color(); use_default_colors(); init_pair(1, COLOR_YELLOW, COLOR_BLUE); init_pair(2, COLOR_BLUE, COLOR_WHITE); chatwin = newwin((ysize - 8), (xsize-21), 6, 21); entrywin = newwin(1, (xsize-21), (ysize - 1), 21); field[0] = new_field(1, (xsize - 21), 0, 0, 0, 10); field[1] = 0; set_form_win(fo, entrywin); fo = new_form(field); post_form(fo); field_opts_on(field[0], O_STATIC); set_field_fore(field[0], COLOR_PAIR(2)); set_field_back(field[0], COLOR_PAIR(2)); refresh(); wrefresh(chatwin); wrefresh(entrywin); while((charinput=getch()) != KEY_END) { switch(charinput) { case 10: snprintf(inputstring, 200, "%s", field_buffer(field[0], 0)); struct tm *akttime; time_t second; time(&amp;second); akttime = localtime(&amp;second); strftime(ttime, 10, "%H:%M:%S", akttime); wprintw(chatwin, "&lt;%s&gt; %s|\n", ttime, inputstring); wrefresh(chatwin); set_field_buffer(field[0], 0, ""); wrefresh(entrywin); break; default: form_driver(fo, charinput); wrefresh(entrywin); } } return(0); } </code></pre> <p><strong>OUTPUT</strong></p> <p>Obs.: The second line was typed: <strong>ejheeh</strong>, but the output was empty</p> <pre><code>&lt;02:31:42&gt; dddddddkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkk| &lt;02:31:45&gt; | &lt;02:31:51&gt; ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddfffffff fffffffffff| </code></pre>
 

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