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On 05/01/2014 09:25, Sean Murphy wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I am after a module that manages keyboard input. I am aware of raw_input for python 2.x and input for 3.x. They don't quite achieve what I want.
>
> I want to except a single key without printing it to the screen and then the key would perform an action. Sudo code:
>
> print line of text
> wait for key press
> If key press equals delete line.
>    Delete list element.
> else if key press equals edit
>    display line for interactive edit.
> else
>    move to next line
>
>
> The module must work under dos for now. Eventually Mac.
>
> Sean
>

I think you're looking for something like this 
https://github.com/jmcb/python-pdcurses

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Mark Lawrence