Fredrik Lundh wrote: > > Georg Simon wrote: > > How do I make my program ask for one single keystroke ? > > ( The user is presented a menu and asked to hit a key ) > > char = msvc.getch() # windows only Typo in above, I think. Use: import msvcrt char = msvcrt.getch() See http://www.pythonlabs.com/pub/www.python.org/doc/2.0b1/lib/msvcrt-console.html.