curses library

[woooee]

Something I found on the web a long time ago. There has to be other key capture programs as well.

import curses

arrow_keys = {curses.KEY_UP:'up arrow',
              curses.KEY_DOWN:'down arrow',
              curses.KEY_LEFT:'left arrow',
              curses.KEY_RIGHT:'right arrow'}

## open a window/screen object
stdscr = curses.initscr()
curses.cbreak()
stdscr.keypad(1)

stdscr.addstr(0,10,"Hit 'q' to quit ")
stdscr.refresh()

key = ''
while key != ord('q'):
    key = stdscr.getch()
    stdscr.addstr(20,25,"     ")
    stdscr.addch(20,25,key)
    stdscr.refresh()

    if key in arrow_keys:
       stdscr.addstr(18, 20, arrow_keys[key])
    else:
       stdscr.addstr(18, 20, "              ")

curses.endwin()