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node.js Wait For KeyPress in console
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// node.js get keypress | |
var stdin = process.stdin; | |
// without this, we would only get streams once enter is pressed | |
//stdin.setRawMode( true ); | |
// resume stdin in the parent process (node app won't quit all by itself | |
// unless an error or process.exit() happens) | |
stdin.resume(); | |
// i don't want binary, do you? | |
stdin.setEncoding( 'utf8' ); | |
// on any data into stdin | |
stdin.on( 'data', function( key ) | |
{ | |
// ctrl-c ( end of text ) | |
if ( key === '\u0003' ) { | |
process.exit(); | |
} | |
// without rawmode, it returns EOL with the string | |
if (key.indexOf('1')==0) | |
{ | |
console.log("press 1"); | |
} | |
if (key.indexOf('2')==0) | |
{ | |
console.log("press 2"); | |
} | |
// write the key to stdout all normal like | |
// process.stdout.write( key ); | |
}); |
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With rawmode, none of the inbuilt keyboard-shortcuts like CTRL+C and ALT+F4 don't work anymore, is there an override for this?