Problems with select() and stdin (solved)

[INIGOSERNA]

Thanks again Jeff,

I'm going to print your mail and staple it in page 159 of my 4-hours-ago
received copy of Python Cookbook ;-)

Iñigo

> If you don't want to read the full input upfront, you can use the 
> following code to get the original stdin on a different file, then 
> open the tty as standard input (untested):
> 
>    # Get a new Python file object which corresponds to the program's
>    # original standard input but has a different fd (fileno)
>    orig_stdin = os.fdopen(os.dup(0))
> 
>    # Create the terminal input 
>    new_stdin = open("/dev/tty")
> 
>    # Force it to be fd (fileno) 0
>    if new_stdin.fileno() != 0 :
>        os.dup2(new_stdin.fileno(), 0)
>        new_stdin.close()
> 
>    # Now open sys.stdin on the new terminal input
>    sys.stdin = os.fdopen(0)
> 
>    # initialize ncurses or whatever
>    ...