# GetChar working?

**URL:** <https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/getchar-working/1751>\
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**Created:** [January 8, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/getchar-working/1751 "2007-01-08T17:27:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Allen\_Ingling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Allen\_Ingling](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/Allen_Ingling)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/getchar-working/1751/1 "2007-01-08T17:27:04Z")

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I hate to bring up a sore subject, but is GetChar working for anyone?  
Every time I try to call it, or any function that calls it (e.g.  
GetString), I have to restart not only Matlab but my entire system, as  
it freezes.   
  
I'm running 10.4.8 on a 1.3 GHz G4 Powerbook, though I doubt it has  
anything to do with my processor speed. I just downloaded the last  
beta before posting this, and the problem is the same.  
  
Any help / information would be appreciated.  
  
Cheers,  
  
Mark  
  
PS Thank you, Mario, the DrawFormattedText command was exactly what I  
needed to solve my last problem