Single key press

[Hans Mulder]

On 6/12/11 09:48:39, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:19:55 +0430, Sergi Pasoev wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I wonder if it is realistic to get a single key press in Python without
>> ncurses or
>> any similar library. In single key press I mean something like j and k
>> in Gnu less
>> program, you press the key and and it is captured by the script without
>> need to press enter afterwards
>
>
> Coincidentally, I was working on that exact function last night, so you
> inspired me to put it up on the Python cookbook. This version should work
> on any POSIX system such as Linux, as well as Windows. I don't know if it
> will work on Macintosh.
>
> http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577977-get-single-keypress/

It works fine on MacOS/X, but probably not on MacOS Classic.

-- HansM