From: Dan Zwell <dzwell@...>
Date: 2007-07-31T13:05:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Hiding user input

Ari Brown wrote:
> Before you all read on, there is a restriction...
> 
> Without Highline!!!!!!!!
> Sorry, James, I love the library, but I need this to work over IO.
> 
> How can I hide user input (as they type) without highline? Am I able to 
> use blocks after gets()?
> I'm hoping I can do something like this:
> 
> name = gets.chomp {|let| let.echo = false}
> 
> or something. I don't care how odd or crazy a solution, method, or 
> whatever is. I'm looking for guidance in an almost pitch-black room of 
> metaphors and elongation of said metaphors.
> 
> Thanks,
> aRi
> --------------------------------------------|
> If you're not living on the edge,
> then you're just wasting space.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Ari,

If it's on linux/unix, maybe mac as well,
system('stty -echo')

Just make sure you later call
system('stty echo'), because it would be extremely rude not to. I would 
also surround the whole program in a begin / ensure / end block so that 
you can ensure "stty echo" gets called at the end.

Dan