From: Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@...>
Date: 2009-02-28T13:40:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Get key pressed

Alejandro Michelin salomon wrote:
> Hi
> i need to now how to get a key pressed.
>
> I have a tcpserver, and i want to get if the user press control + x.
> If the users press control + x i make the shutdown.
>
> Can you give my some ligth?
>   
I have an interest in this myself, and hope soon to be acting on it. 
Meanwhile, MY prime resource is this:

On page 776 of the <Ruby Cookbook> (see "Resources" below) takes up 
"Getting Input One Character at a Time". It discusses the Curses 
extension that is a part of Ruby, and the Highline library (a gem). It's 
only a couple of pages, but its the most focused discussion I've seen 
yet. I assume that I'll learn more from the RDoc material associated 
with the Highline gem, and probably in various blogs out there 
somewhere, etc.

All I know... hope it helps.

t.

Resources:

* O'Reilly publisher sales page: 
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596523695/ - Prices here seem high. I 
know I didn't pay $40 for my PDF version. Amazon may have used copies 
for cheaper.

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