From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-09-20T21:56:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Single character input without pressing 'Enter'

On Sep 19, 2006, at 11:33 PM, Eero Saynatkari wrote:

> Nguyen Huu Bach wrote:
>> This is a simple way to achieve that. Maybe there are others
>>
>> def read_char
>    # Save previous state
>    old = `stty -g`
>>  system "stty raw -echo"
>>  STDIN.getc
>> ensure
>     system "stty #{old}"
>> end
>>
>> good luck
>
> Might be better to use Termios or Curses, though.

Or use HighLine which handles all these details for you.

James Edward Gray II