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From: alb <alessandro.basili@cern.ch>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Subject: kbhit/getch python equivalent
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:34:02 +0200
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Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a kbhit/getch equivalent in python in order to be able
to stop my inner loop in a controlled way (communication with external
hardware is involved and breaking it abruptly may cause unwanted errors
on the protocol).

I'm programming on *nix systems, no need to be portable on Windows. I've
seen the msvcrt module, but it looks like is for Windows only.

Any ideas/suggestions?

Al

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