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get one character at a time at the console with python
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| def _find_getch(): | |
| # courtesy of Louis | |
| # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/510357/ | |
| try: | |
| import termios | |
| except ImportError: | |
| # Non-POSIX. Return msvcrt's (Windows') getch. | |
| import msvcrt | |
| return msvcrt.getch | |
| # POSIX system. Create and return a getch that manipulates the tty. | |
| import sys, tty | |
| def _getch(): | |
| fd = sys.stdin.fileno() | |
| old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(fd) | |
| try: | |
| tty.setraw(fd) | |
| ch = sys.stdin.read(1) | |
| finally: | |
| termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings) | |
| return ch | |
| return _getch | |
| getch = _find_getch() |
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