[Gambas-user] Terminal input without newline?

[Bruce Steers]

Consider this code in a Terminal program...

  Dim sTxt As String
  Print "type something below.."
  sTxt = File.In.ReadLine()  ' read a line from stdin

  Print "the text typed was: " & sTxt

It prints "Type something below..." then in the line below i type text and
it is read to sTxt.

Now consider this code...

  Dim sTxt As String
  Print "type something here: ";
  sTxt = File.In.ReadLine()  ' read a line from stdin

  Print "the text typed was: " & sTxt

Trying to use ; at the end of Print so it does not use a linefeed but stays
on the same line does not work.
The text "Type something here: " does not show until after the user types
something and presses return.

Is there a way around that?
I tried Wait and a few other things but just cannot get the text to show
first unless it has a linefeed.

Thanks
BruceS
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