moved around the char in/out functions until I was happy with them, no I'm able to output properly, still no inputs, but cloes

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-
-# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/c,c++,cmake,python
-# Edit at https://www.gitignore.io/?templates=c,c++,cmake,python
+# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/c,c++,cmake,python,vim
+# Edit at https://www.gitignore.io/?templates=c,c++,cmake,python,vim
 
 ### C ###
 # Prerequisites
@@ -196,7 +195,28 @@ dmypy.json
 # Pyre type checker
 .pyre/
 
-# End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/c,c++,cmake,python
+
+### Vim ###
+# Swap
+[._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
+[._]*.sw[a-p]
+[._]s[a-rt-v][a-z]
+[._]ss[a-gi-z]
+[._]sw[a-p]
+
+# Session
+Session.vim
+Sessionx.vim
+
+# Temporary
+.netrwhist
+*~
+# Auto-generated tag files
+tags
+# Persistent undo
+[._]*.un~
+
+# End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/c,c++,cmake,python,vim
 
 testcode/
 build/

mp-s7-src/main.cc

@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ int main()
 
 
     retro::InitConsole();
-    std::string out = "Hello, world.\nEnter \"exit\" to quit.\n";
-    retro::Console::currentInstance->write(out.data(), out.size());
+    //std::string out = "Hello, world.\nEnter \"exit\" to quit.\n";
+    //retro::Console::currentInstance->write(out.data(), out.size());
 
     pyexec_event_repl_init();
     for (;;) {
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ int main()
         }
     }
 
+    /*
     std::string in;
     do
     {
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ int main()
         out = "You Entered: " + in;
         retro::Console::currentInstance->write(out.data(), out.size());
     } while(in != "exit\n");
-
+    */
 
     mp_deinit();
     return 0;
@@ -93,3 +94,17 @@ extern "C" void gc_collect(void) {
     gc_collect_end();
     gc_dump_info();
 }
+
+// Receive single character
+int mp_hal_stdin_rx_chr(void) {
+    unsigned char c = 0;
+    return c;
+}
+
+// Send string of given length
+void mp_hal_stdout_tx_strn(const char *str, mp_uint_t len) {
+    //int r = write(1, str, len);
+    retro::Console::currentInstance->write(str, len);
+    //(void)r;
+}
+

mp-s7-src/stringio.cc

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-//#include "retro/Console.h"
-
 extern "C" {
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "py/mpconfig.h"
@@ -7,16 +5,3 @@ extern "C" {
 
 extern "C" int mp_hal_stdin_rx_chr(void);
 extern "C" void mp_hal_stdout_tx_strn(const char *str, mp_uint_t len);
-
-// Receive single character
-int mp_hal_stdin_rx_chr(void) {
-    unsigned char c = 0;
-    return c;
-}
-
-// Send string of given length
-void mp_hal_stdout_tx_strn(const char *str, mp_uint_t len) {
-    //int r = write(1, str, len);
-    //retro::Console::currentInstance->write(str, len);
-    //(void)r;
-}