Method: Curses::Window#get_char

Defined in:
ext/curses/curses.c

#get_char ⇒ Object

Read and returns a character or function key from the window. A single or multibyte character is represented by a String, and a function key is represented by an Integer. Returns nil if no input is ready.

See Curses::Key to all the function KEY_* available



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# File 'ext/curses/curses.c', line 4871

static VALUE
window_get_char(VALUE obj)
{
#ifdef HAVE_WGET_WCH
    struct windata *winp;
    struct wget_wch_arg arg;

    GetWINDOW(obj, winp);
    arg.win = winp->window;
    rb_thread_call_without_gvl(wget_wch_func, &arg, RUBY_UBF_IO, 0);
    switch (arg.retval) {
    case OK:
	return keyboard_uint_chr(arg.ch);
    case KEY_CODE_YES:
	return key_code_value(arg.ch);
    }
    return Qnil;
#else
    struct windata *winp;
    struct wgetch_arg arg;

    GetWINDOW(obj, winp);
    arg.win = winp->window;
    rb_thread_call_without_gvl(wgetch_func, (void *)&arg, RUBY_UBF_IO, 0);
    if (arg.c > 0xff) {
	return INT2NUM(arg.c);
    }
    else if (arg.c >= 0) {
	return keyboard_uint_chr(arg.c);
    }
    else {
	return Qnil;
    }
#endif
}