Short question about module termios

[Michael P. Reilly]

David Stein <dstein at cts.ucla.edu> wrote:
: Hello. 

: I am new to Python and am using module termios.  Everything seems pretty
: straightforward, with one exception:  I don't know how to disable
: special character handling.  In other words, I don't know how to do what
: the following C code does, where fd is an open tty: 

: #include <termios.h> 

: struct termios t ; 
: cc_t vdisable ;
: long rv ; 

: vdisable = fpathconf(fd,_PC_VDISABLE) ;

: t.c_cc[VINTR]  = vdisable ;
: t.c_cc[VQUIT]  = vdisable ;
: t.c_cc[VERASE] = vdisable ;
: t.c_cc[VKILL]  = vdisable ;
: t.c_cc[VEOF]   = vdisable ;

: ...and so on. 

: The only part I don't know how to do in Python is the fpathconf() part. 
: In other words, how do I get the proper value with which to disable a
: special character?  I have looked at TERMIOS.py, and I still don't know
: how to do it.  The rest is fairly clear to me.  Any suggestions? 

The "vdisable" value is almost always the integer 0 (character 'nul').
It is probably quite safe to use that.  The function fpathconf isn't
quite standard in the UNIX world, however using '\000' for disable is.

  -Arcege