[gambit-list] How use (read-char) to read individual characters from the console?

Mikael mikael.rcv at gmail.com
Wed Jan 2 15:02:24 EST 2013


Aha neat!

Just for reference to anyone who may want to use this to make a nice
console-based Tetris etc., while in this tty mode repl-input-port *cannot*
be used to drive the REPL. Though, it is ctrl+c sensitive.

(
Using the REPL in this mode does not do eval when pressing enter anymore,
does not echo input, and when using any arrow keys shows:

> *** ERROR IN (console)@8.1 -- Illegal character: #\esc

)

So here's a nice example of 'clean' use of this feature:

> (begin (tty-mode-set! (repl-input-port) #t #f #t #f 0) (write
(read-char)) (force-output) (write (read-char)) (force-output)(write
(read-char)) (force-output)(write (read-char)) (force-output)(write
(read-char)) (force-output)(write (read-char)) (force-output)
(tty-mode-set! (repl-input-port) #t #t #f #f 0))
#\newline#\esc#\[#\A#\esc#\[>



Rather for completeness, how can add hooks to the switching of activity
from the user code to Gambit REPL (on CTRL+C or exception) and back (by ,c)?


By adding hooks to that that switch the TTY between read-char-friendly mode
and REPL-friendly, people can also debug their console-based
Tetris:es nicely.

With warm regards,
Mikael

2013/1/2 Marc Feeley <feeley at iro.umontreal.ca>

> Mikael, you need to change the tty mode :
>
> > (tty-mode-set! (repl-input-port) #t #f #t #f 0)
>
> The booleans indicate various settings (ctrl-c handling, input echo, raw
> input, raw output).
>
> On UNIX, this changes the terminal's line discipline.  On Windows, it
> changes the console mode.
>
> Marc
>
>
> On 2013-01-02, at 11:59 AM, Mikael <mikael.rcv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > In using read-char I get results only on a per input line basis. I was
> trying to switch the input console to byte/character mode instead of line
> buffered, though I didn't get any result with this.
> >
> > Any thought or suggestion?
> >
> > Mikael
> >
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