JSYSTEM::JKeypress Class Reference

Enable unbuffered terminal input. More...

#include <JKeypress.hh>

Public Member Functions
	JKeypress (const bool echo=true)
	Constructor. More...
	~JKeypress ()
	Destructor. More...
char	get ()
	Get single character. More...
bool	timeout (JTimeval timeout)
	Timeout method. More...

Private Attributes
termios	termcap
JFileDescriptorMask	mask

Detailed Description

Enable unbuffered terminal input.

Definition at line 32 of file JKeypress.hh.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

JSYSTEM::JKeypress::JKeypress ( const bool  echo = true )

inline

Constructor.

The settings are modified by the constructor and the original settings are reset by the destructor.

Parameters

echo	enable/disable echo of input character

Definition at line 42 of file JKeypress.hh.

    {
      tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &termcap);

      termios buffer = termcap;

      // Disable canonical mode, and set buffer size to 1 byte.
 
      buffer.c_lflag     &= ~ICANON;
      buffer.c_lflag     &= (echo ? ECHO : ~ECHO);
      buffer.c_cc[VTIME]  = 0;
      buffer.c_cc[VMIN]   = 1;

      tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &buffer);
    }

JSYSTEM::JKeypress::~JKeypress ( )

inline

Destructor.

Definition at line 62 of file JKeypress.hh.

    {
      tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &termcap);
    }

Member Function Documentation

char JSYSTEM::JKeypress::get ( )

inline

Get single character.

This method returns as soon as input from terminal is available.

Returns

character

Definition at line 74 of file JKeypress.hh.

    {
      char c;

      ::read(STDIN_FILENO, &c, 1);

      return c;
    }

bool JSYSTEM::JKeypress::timeout ( JTimeval  timeout )

inline

Timeout method.

This method returns immediatly if input from terminal is available, else after the specified timeout period.

Parameters

timeout

timeout

Returns

true if input available; else false

Definition at line 92 of file JKeypress.hh.

    {
      mask.set(STDIN_FILENO);
      
      return mask.in_avail(timeout);
    }

Member Data Documentation

termios JSYSTEM::JKeypress::termcap

private

Definition at line 101 of file JKeypress.hh.

JFileDescriptorMask JSYSTEM::JKeypress::mask

private

Definition at line 102 of file JKeypress.hh.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• JKeypress.hh