On Friday, 26 October 2012 at 18:05:09 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
If we implement an event loop, I think it should be optional.
I think this is another benefit of capturing the input with a
special type and method.
auto input = terminal.captureInput(ConsoleInputFlags.raw |
ConsoleInputFlags.mouse);
while(true) {
InputEvent = input.nextEvent();
// blah blah blah
}
Then you can loop on it and get all kinds of data, or you can use
the more plain read/write functions.
This is more or less how it works on Windows. (Really, the people
who say text programming on Windows sucks always confuse me. It's
a pretty decent design, lightyears better than the garbage you
have to put up with on Linux.)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms684961%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
for the fancier events or
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms684958%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
if all you care about is keyboard input.
