From: "Thomas B." <tpreal@...>
Date: 2008-09-05T05:44:32+09:00
Subject: Re: How to read a character at a time from STDIN without nee

Kenneth McDonald wrote:
> In the following bit of code:
> 
> print STDIN.getc
> STDOUT.flush
> 
> The code for whatever key I type isn't actually printed out until I go
> on to hit the return key. How can I have it printed as soon as I type
> a character key?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken

It's not in Ruby standard. Under Windows you can do it like this:

def read_char
  require "Win32API"
  Win32API.new("crtdll", "_getch", [], "L").Call
end

Found here: http://www.rubyquiz.com/quiz5.html

TPR.
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