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Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed

From Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed
Date 2016-04-14 12:22 +0300
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Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>:

> I had been hoping that I could simply wrap some stream in a simple
> “convert what they actually type so it's upper case” text codec,
> without fiddling at such a low operating-system specific level. This
> is rather more esoteric than I had hoped.

If you run your program in a Linux terminal, you have to abide by the
Linux terminal principles. It is not a simple Python matter. Echoing is
performed by the terminal driver and not by the Python program.

I do commend Python for having such complete coverage of Linux system
facilities.


Marko

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Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-14 13:25 +1000
  Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2016-04-14 04:16 +0000
    Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-14 15:17 +1000
      Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-04-14 18:35 +1200
    Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-14 17:53 +1000
      Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-14 21:43 +1000
    Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-14 18:37 +1000
      Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-14 12:22 +0300
    Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-14 18:45 +1000
    Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-19 05:11 +1000
      Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-04-19 17:46 +1200

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