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+# Runnable examples
+
+These programs live beside the documentation so readers can find and run them.
+Their native regression tests still run as part of `make tests`.
+
+From `chapter30`, build the tic-tac-toe executable (without starting it):
+
+```sh
+make lib tictactoe CTAGS=
+```
+
+Run the Windows build from PowerShell:
+
+```powershell
+.\build\examples\x86_64_v2_win64\TicTacToe.exe
+```
+
+Or from Cygwin:
+
+```sh
+./build/examples/x86_64_v2_win64/TicTacToe.exe
+```
+
+The Windows executable uses Cygwin's runtime; its `bin` directory must be on
+`PATH` (as it is when building with Cygwin GCC).
+
+For a native Linux build, run these commands from this same `chapter30`
+directory in WSL. Separate Java and native output directories let the Windows
+and Linux builds coexist:
+
+```sh
+make lib tictactoe CLZDIR=build/classes-linux CTAGS=
+./build/examples/x86_64_v2_SystemV/TicTacToe
+```
+
+From PowerShell, prefix either command with `wsl -d Ubuntu-24.04 --`.
+On a standalone Linux checkout, `CLZDIR` can be omitted.
+The compiler's `--link` option produces an executable without running it;
+`--norun` continues to produce object files only.
+
+`TicTacToe.smp` currently prints the welcome, square numbering, and empty board,
+then waits for a move. Press **1–9** without Enter to place X, or
+**q**, Escape, Ctrl-C, or Ctrl-D to quit. Enter is silently ignored; other
+invalid keys and occupied squares prompt again without taking a turn. The board
+is printed after each player and CPU move; only accepted move digits are echoed.
+Play continues until someone wins or the board is
+full. The CPU takes an immediate win, blocks an immediate loss, then prefers
+the center, corners, and edges.
+
+Other examples are Hello World (`A_helloWorld.smp`), `BubbleSort.smp`,
+`Capitalize.smp`, `Dijkstra.smp`, and `FileIO.smp`. The latter creates, checks,
+and removes `output.txt` in the working directory.
+
+## Single-keystroke input
+
+`sys.io.getch()` blocks for one byte without terminal editing or echo. It returns
+0–255 for a byte, or -1 for EOF or an error. On -1, `sys.libc.errno()` is
+`sys.libc.EOF` (-1) for end-of-input, otherwise the OS error code.
+Terminal Ctrl-C and Ctrl-D are bytes 3
+and 4, so the application decides how to handle them. Unicode and function keys
+may produce multiple bytes; this is an ASCII-oriented byte API, not a key-event
+decoder.
+
+The small C runtime adapter uses [POSIX terminal modes](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/termios.3.html),
+including Cygwin on Windows. It restores the saved mode before returning,
+including after an interrupted read. Files and pipes use an ordinary one-byte
+read. `make test CLASS=TerminalInputTest` runs the Java regression tests for
+redirected input, errors, prompt output, Enter, and Escape. Check terminal
+editing, echo, and mode restoration by running the executable in a terminal.
+`make test CLASS=TicTacToeTest` checks complete games, all eight winning lines,
+draws, occupied squares, and CPU blocking.