Subj : console.inkey() timeout on slow connections
To   : Nightfox
From : esc
Date : Sun Sep 27 2009 08:02 pm

  Re: console.inkey() timeout on slow connections
  By: Nightfox to All on Sun Sep 27 2009 01:31 pm

 > I have a login matrix script that I've written in JavaScript, where I use
 > console.inkey() to get a keypress from the user with an input timeout.  I'm
 > using a timeout of 60000ms (so, it should time out after 60 seconds).  It wo
 > fine with a fast internet connection, but I've noticed that if I log into my
 > BBS from a computer with a fairly slow connection (i.e., satellite internet
 > connection with a fairly slow upload rate), it times out immediately. Is the
 > a workaround for this?

Here's what I use.  Keep in mind this is ripped from ispy/tracker1's code of
the phoenix modded s3 shell script.

var c = console.inkey();
if (c == "") {
  sleep(100);
}else{
Determine key pressed, etc etc etc.

Hope that helped man.

esc(montereybbs/demonic/mimic)

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