C++: How to "hit enter automatically" after a character has been entered?

Asked Jan 02 '16 at 19:51

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I'm currently working on a text based game using C++. The player moves around by pressing W, A, S, and D. However, in order to make a move, the player must press the movement key and then hit enter, which is annoying.

I did a bit of research on how to make the program automatically take the input after one character was entered, but I only found solutions for Windows (using the conio.h header file)

Is there any way to achieve this on OS X? Thanks.

asked Jan 02 '16 at 19:51

user3314993

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdio/getchar/ – Aurel Bílý Jan 02 '16 at 19:55
@Aurel300 wrong. Have you tried it? – n. m. could be an AI Jan 02 '16 at 19:57
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The easiest way is probably to use the `ncurses` library, which will not only allow you to get key presses immediately, but also paint your game scene nicely. – n. m. could be an AI Jan 02 '16 at 19:59
@Aurel300 that returns a char from stdin, but it is not automatic – user3314993 Jan 02 '16 at 20:01
@n.m. Thanks, I'll give it a look – user3314993 Jan 02 '16 at 20:02
@n.m. Yup, my bad :) – Aurel Bílý Jan 02 '16 at 20:02
[ncurses lib](http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/) – Martin York Jan 02 '16 at 20:08
@Gernot1976 `I did a bit of research on how to make the program automatically take the input after one character was entered, but I only found solutions for Windows (using the conio.h header file)` – user3314993 Jan 02 '16 at 20:15
@n.m. Thanks, I got it working! – user3314993 Jan 02 '16 at 20:15
Possible duplicate of [Capture characters from standard input without waiting for enter to be pressed](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/421860/capture-characters-from-standard-input-without-waiting-for-enter-to-be-pressed) – Alan Stokes Jan 02 '16 at 23:19

C++: How to "hit enter automatically" after a character has been entered?

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