kbhit() for linux.

I only want the program to quit if the user has hit a key and that key corresponds to the ESC key. Otherwise i want it to continue looping.

This is easlily done in windows(shows below), but is there a function which checks for a key press using linux?

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

#define ESCAPE 27

int main(void)
{

	int loop = 0;
	int c;

	while(!loop)
	{
		printf("\tIM IN THE LOOPY\n");

		if ( kbhit())
		{
			c = getch();

			if ( c == ESCAPE )
			{
				printf("YOU HIT ESCAPE...NOW QUITTING");
				loop = 1;
			}
		}
	}
}

thanks

Here you go, enjoy:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int kbhit(void)
{
  struct termios oldt, newt;
  int ch;
  int oldf;

  tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &oldt);
  newt = oldt;
  newt.c_lflag &= ~(ICANON | ECHO);
  tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &newt);
  oldf = fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_GETFL, 0);
  fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_SETFL, oldf | O_NONBLOCK);

  ch = getchar();

  tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &oldt);
  fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_SETFL, oldf);

  if(ch != EOF)
  {
    ungetc(ch, stdin);
    return 1;
  }

  return 0;
}

int main(void)
{
  while(!kbhit())
    puts("Press a key!");
  printf("You pressed '%c'!\n", getchar());
  return 0;
}

Code:

itsme@dreams:~/C$ ./kbhit
Press a key!
Press a key!
Press a key!
Press a key!
.
.
.
Press a key!
Press a key!
Press a key!
Press a key!
Press a key!
You pressed 'r'!
itsme@dreams:~/C$

from my post on faq: cached input with mygetch()

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

void changemode(int);
int  kbhit(void);
int main(void)
{
  int ch;
  changemode(1);
  while ( !kbhit() )
  {
    putchar('.');
  }

  ch = getchar();

  printf("\nGot %c\n", ch);

  changemode(0);
  return 0;
}

void changemode(int dir)
{
  static struct termios oldt, newt;

  if ( dir == 1 )
  {
    tcgetattr( STDIN_FILENO, &oldt);
    newt = oldt;
    newt.c_lflag &= ~( ICANON | ECHO );
    tcsetattr( STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &newt);
  }
  else
    tcsetattr( STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &oldt);
}

int kbhit (void)
{
  struct timeval tv;
  fd_set rdfs;

  tv.tv_sec = 0;
  tv.tv_usec = 0;

  FD_ZERO(&rdfs);
  FD_SET (STDIN_FILENO, &rdfs);

  select(STDIN_FILENO+1, &rdfs, NULL, NULL, &tv);
  return FD_ISSET(STDIN_FILENO, &rdfs);

}

Thantos' method will probably work a little bit better. There's a little bug in mine where if you press a key when the program isn't at the right point, the character will echo to the screen when it's not supposed to.

Why don't you just use the curses library to do it?

Quzah.

Originally Posted by quzah

Why don't you just use the curses library to do it?

Quzah.

Where's your sense of adventure?

Originally Posted by quzah

Why don't you just use the curses library to do it?

Quzah.

Im considering that now seeing as im using curses throughtout my program anyway.

Thats for the code guys.

Cant seem to implement either of those examples.

Code:

		changemode(1);

		if( kbhit() )
		{
			ch = getchar();
			printf("\nGot %c\n", ch);

			if ( ch == 'c')
			return 1;

			changemode(0);

		}

This never seems to return to the calling function.
Do you know any function i can use fom curses for this?

Thanks

You're changing the mode back to 0 after the first call to kbhit(). Does that make any logical sense to you? Look how Thantos implemented it. Does he change the mode back to 0 inside the kbhit() loop? He doesn't. That should tell you something.

Code:

...
	while (  *ai_mode != FOLLOW_LINE )
	{
		printf("\n\njoymode\n\n");

		move_motors_with_stick(device, subdevice_an_zero, subdevice_an_one, x_scale, y_scale, x_min_read, y_min_read, x_max_read, y_max_read);

		read_digital(subdevice_dig, device, &digital_input);

		/* if MARCO has gone over a line, we leave the loop and return to the menu, selecting the follow_ilne module */
		if (( digital_input & LEFT_SENSOR ) || ( digital_input & RIGHT_SENSOR ))
		{
			*ai_mode = FOLLOW_LINE;
		}

		retval = bla();

		printf("...................%d.....................", retval);

		if ( retval == 1 )
		{
			puts("BLA");
			return 0;
		}

	}

	return 1;

}
int bla()
{
  	int ch;
  	changemode(1);

	if ( kbhit() )
	{

		changemode(0);
		return 1;

	}


	changemode(0);
  	return 0;
}

for some reason, after "BLA" is outputted on the console, it doesnt return to the calling function. Why is this?

thanks

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int kbhit(void)
{
  struct termios oldt, newt;
  int ch;
  int oldf;

  tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &oldt);
  newt = oldt;
  newt.c_lflag &= ~(ICANON | ECHO);
  tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &newt);
  oldf = fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_GETFL, 0);
  fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_SETFL, oldf | O_NONBLOCK);

  ch = getchar();

  tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &oldt);
  fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_SETFL, oldf);

  if(ch != EOF)
  {
    ungetc(ch, stdin);
    return 1;
  }

  return 0;
}


main( int argc, char** argv )
{
	char *input = argv[0];
	int nomor = argc;
	pid_t pid = 0;
	/* set stuff up */
	/* accept command line args */
	
	pid = fork();
	if( pid == 0 ){
		/* this is the "background" process.  Execute process loop here */
		int x=0;	
		while(1)
		{
			if(kbhit())
			  printf("you hit keyboard");
		}
	}
	else {
		/* "foreground" process exits */
		exit(0);
	}
}

why this kbhit doesnt work in child process??

Keep it to ONE thread:
what if i want to run kbhit in background process like this, why not work proprely

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Mats