Gabriel Genellina wrote: > At Thursday 10/8/2006 02:19, placid wrote: > > >chr = sys.stdin.read(1) > >while chr != "q": > > """ keep printing text """ > > chr = sys.stdin.read(1) > > > >but again this blocks too. > > > >is there a way to do this, wait for user input but dont block? I could > >use a thread that just does the previous code block but i already have > >three Thread classes, its just getting too complex with threads! > > If your script only needs to be run on Windows -as the subject > suggests- you can use the msvcrt module: > > from msvcrt import kbhit,getch > > stop = False > while not stop: > print "Hello world!" > if kbhit(): stop = getch()=='q' > > kbhit() is used to detect when a keypress is waiting, so the next > getch() will not block.
Thanks for the solution ive got it working. You were correct, the script needs to run only on Windows. Cheers (and thanks all for the replies) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
