On 2/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What's the best way to get non-blocking input from keyboard w/OS X 10.4?
>
> while(True) :
> if nonBlockInputExists :
> break
> else :
> # continue looping
The 'select' module provides this functionality:
import sys, select
while select.select([sys.stdin], [], [], 0)[0] == []:
continueLooping()
However, if you run this from the command line, you'll find that it
continues looping until you press return, because the shell doesn't
flush stdin until then. I don't think there's much you can do about
this for a simple command-line app. However, if all you want is a way
to exit your loop without Ctrl-C, and the return key is acceptable,
this method works.
Cheers,
Hamish
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