[Gambas-user] Application_Read does react only once

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

Hi folks,

This is a small project I have been circling around for about a year or 
so. It would be a simple command line application that waits for and 
evaluates every keystroke you make.

Some of you were so kind to point me to Application_Read to achieve 
that, but I found it only gives one single keystroke (a Return) and 
(seamingly) is never called again. To make things short, this is the 
core of my application so far:

' Gambas module file

PRIVATE txt AS String



PUBLIC SUB Main()

END


PUBLIC SUB Application_Read()
DIM t$ AS String

   PRINT "hello world" 'this is just debug code

   READ #LAST, t$, -256

     IF t$ <> "" THEN
       PRINT t$ & " : ";
     END IF

     txt = txt & t$

     PRINT "keys are:" & txt;

     txt = ""

END

So, why does "hello world" only appear one single time (after a first 
Return), and why will I never read " : " but only the letters of the 
keys pressed?

On my machine, the whole thing runs within "Konsole" on a graphical 
screen, but I think that will not really make a difference, will it?

Thanks for your help!

Regards

Rolf