From: "Michael W. Ryder" <_mwryder@...>
Date: 2006-09-13T16:10:44+09:00
Subject: Re: getch equivalent of method in ruby ?

Paul Lutus wrote:
> Googy wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to read some interactive input from keyboard and I am look for
>> getch (c equivalent) of method in ruby.
> 
> Since you mention "getch()", which is non-standard and only available on the
> Windows platform, I have to say there is no equivalent to it in any
> portable languages. Another poster recommends manipulating the input stream
> on Linux or another Unix, and if you have this option, that is an obvious
> way to go, but it isn't portable between platforms.
> 
> The is no platform-portable keystroke-by-keystroke input method.
>

Curses is platform-portable, uses getch() to get keystrokes, and works 
with Ruby.