From: Phanixis <phanixis@...>
Date: 2004-09-06T12:35:12+09:00
Subject: Problem Having Ruby Wait for a User Input

I am new to Ruby an have what should be a simple problem.  I want to create
code that first accepts a user input from the keyboard, and then continues
to execute code.  I am capable of writing a method that registers input
from a keyboard a stores them within variables for my needs.  However,
this methods executes so fast that unless a key was being pressed at the
time it was called, it is impossible for the user the press the key in
time.

Currently, my only need is to collect an input from the keyboard, I am not
interested in running any other methods concurrently while listening for
user input.  I just want to program to wait, and not act in any way, until
an input from the keyboard is received.

As a side note, is there anything similar to the Java "listeners" that I
can use in Ruby.

Thanks for your help.