Console-Input

Allows for cross-platform reading of keypresses with a simple header file. Contains a very small test application to print out the key code of a given key and the character for it. Nothing has to be built - the file you are looking for is console-input.h in the Source folder. Designed to handle single item and string parsing for things like drag-in, and provides a small utility class for use with member function or global function callback on input.

What to use

• There is a single file, console-input.h, that can be found in the source folder. All you need to do is include this in a project!

Building the example

• Build on *nix with Build.sh or by running Build/premake5 gmake
• Build Test on windows for VS2017 using Build.bat or by running Build/premake5 vs2017
• If you think all of that is a bit much, you can just use the command line g++ main.cpp -o example.

Usage

• C++ only, no C support.
• Just copy console-input.h into your project directory, and include it with #include "console-input.h"
• Check if a key was hit with KeyHit(), Get the key in question with GetChar()

Sample Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include "console-input.h"

int main(void)
{
  while(true)
  {
    if(KeyHit())
      printf("Key %c was pressed!", GetChar());
  }
  
  return 0;
}