Get user input while still typing (in a terminal app)

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I want to read user input from STDIN and process the preliminary input while the user is still typing.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:08

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A previous answer has some ruby code which enables this behaviour.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:08

Community

answered Mar 29 '12 at 20:36

Robert Duncan

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '12 at 20:23

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I would suggest reading something like http://ruby.runpaint.org/io

answered Mar 29 '12 at 20:23

Mike

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 29 '12 at 20:25

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Call STDIN.getc to get individual characters that the user types.

answered Mar 29 '12 at 20:25

David Grayson

The problem with `STDIN.getc` is that it blocks until the first newline. – gugelhüpf Mar 29 '12 at 20:52

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