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

From Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Convert input to upper case on screen as it is typed
Date 2016-04-14 15:17 +1000
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Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> writes:

> On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:25:14 +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
>
> > How can my Python program convert the user's keyboard input to upper
> > case, as though the user has CAPS LOCK enabled?
>
> I don't know which OS you're using, but if I run "stty olcuc" in my
> Linux shell, then the input driver does that for me.

Thanks for the suggestion. I need a solution that is specific to the
Python program: it should only affect this program, and should not need
anything special done to the terminal when invoking the program.

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Ben Finney

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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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