stdin: processing characters

[Russ Salsbury]

Serge Orlov wrote:
> Kevin Simmons wrote:


>
> Looks reasonable if you don't need portability. But you may want to
> refactor it a little bit to make sure terminal setting are always
> restored:
>
> try:
>     do_all_the_work()
> finally:
>     os.system("stty cooked")
>

IIRC You need to do "stty raw" first.  The last time I had to do this
was in the '80's, so take for what it's worth.

Russ