On the A2 get_key deletes any already pressed key. Therefore it's a bad idea(tm) to call it to retrieve the key detected in get_key_if_available. So now get_key_if_available insteads retrieves the key on its own via direct hw access. This was already done the very same way in check_for_abort_key. And apart from not working as expected the benefit of get_key displaying a cursor wasn't useful here anyway because get_key was supposed to return right away with the pressed key so the cursor wouldn't have been visible at all.
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