/*
C non-blocking keyboard input
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/448944/c-non-blocking-keyboard-input
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/select.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "getch.h"
struct termios orig_termios;
void reset_terminal_mode()
{
tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &orig_termios);
}
void set_conio_terminal_mode()
{
struct termios new_termios;
/* take two copies - one for now, one for later */
tcgetattr(0, &orig_termios);
memcpy(&new_termios, &orig_termios, sizeof(new_termios));
/* register cleanup handler, and set the new terminal mode */
atexit(reset_terminal_mode);
cfmakeraw(&new_termios);
new_termios.c_oflag |= OPOST;
tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &new_termios);
}
int kbhit()
{
struct timeval tv = { 0L, 0L };
fd_set fds;
FD_ZERO(&fds); // not in original posting to stackoverflow
FD_SET(0, &fds);
return select(1, &fds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
}
int getch()
{
int r;
unsigned char c;
if ((r = read(0, &c, sizeof(c))) < 0) {
return r;
} else {
return c;
}
}
#if 0
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
set_conio_terminal_mode();
while (!kbhit()) {
/* do some work */
}
(void)getch(); /* consume the character */
}
#endif