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Re: How can I read individual keystrokes?

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On 4/4/2020 8:17 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> I have a need to read individual key presses as they are made. [...]
> I have a feeling that I'm missing something obvious and so would
> appreciate it if any of you can point me in the direction of a pure Java
> way to capture individual key presses.

     In a Swing setting this should be straightforward ("should be" --
hah!) even if somewhat verbose.  For a "console" app I'm not so sure,
and for JavaFX I've no clue at all.

     Can you offer any details of your application?

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How can I read individual keystrokes? Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2020-04-05 00:17 +0000
  Re: How can I read individual keystrokes? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-04-04 20:38 -0400
  Re: How can I read individual keystrokes? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2020-04-04 22:04 -0400
    Re: How can I read individual keystrokes? Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2020-04-05 11:22 +0000

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