#include <vpKeyboard.h>

Public Member Functions
	vpKeyboard ()

virtual	~vpKeyboard ()

int	kbhit ()

int	getchar ()

Detailed Description

Keybord management under unix (Linux or OSX). This class is not available under windows.

Gets a key from the keyboard without waiting for the "Enter" key.

Warning: The key that was pressed is only detected if the terminal where the binary was launched is active.

vpKeyboard keyboard; // Turn on keyboard raw mode
int c;
while (...) {
  ...
  if (keyboard.kbhit()) { // Detect if a key was pressed
    c = keyboard.getchar (void); // Get the pressed key
    if (c == 'q' || c == 'Q') {
      break; // Quit the while()
    }
  ...
  }
}
 
// Keyboard raw mode is turned off by the vpKeyboard destructor

Examples: keyboard.cpp, and keyboardControlBebop2.cpp.

Definition at line 85 of file vpKeyboard.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ vpKeyboard()

vpKeyboard::vpKeyboard ( )

Activates the raw mode to read keys in an non blocking way.

Definition at line 52 of file vpKeyboard.cpp.

◆ ~vpKeyboard()

vpKeyboard::~vpKeyboard ( )

virtual

Stops the raw mode.

Definition at line 57 of file vpKeyboard.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ getchar()

int vpKeyboard::getchar ( )

Get the hit key. kbhit() indicates if a key was hitten.

Examples: keyboard.cpp, and keyboardControlBebop2.cpp.

Definition at line 63 of file vpKeyboard.cpp.

References getchar().

Referenced by getchar().

◆ kbhit()

int vpKeyboard::kbhit ( )

Returns: 1 : if a key was hit.

Examples: keyboard.cpp, and keyboardControlBebop2.cpp.

Definition at line 75 of file vpKeyboard.cpp.