Thread: What is the C API for reading the keyboard scancodes in userspace ?

That is the question,

Kindly guide !

Oh perhaps termios struct can be used here !

Thanks for replying!
I forgot to mention in my OP that i am using Linux, conio.h doesn't work there !

Still I discovered a piece of code:

Code:

int mygetch ()
      {
      struct termios oldt,      newt;
      int ch;

      tcgetattr( STDIN_FILENO, &oldt );

      newt = oldt;

      newt.c_lflag &= ~( ICANON | ECHO );

      tcsetattr( STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &newt );

      ch = getchar();

      tcsetattr( STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &oldt );
      return ch;
}

This code works fine with all keys except Ctrl, Alt !
It simpy doesn't read them . Can some one point out why ?

Thanks for the nice link,

I didn't read the FAQ till end because i failed to read the word simulating in your following post.

The FAQ has an example of simulating conio.h's getch function using termios.