/* C non-blocking keyboard input http://stackoverflow.com/questions/448944/c-non-blocking-keyboard-input */ #include #include #include #include #include #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