Description

Non-blocking Standard Input

Author

Daishi Kato

Version

Usage

(require-extension nbstdin)

Download

nbstdin.egg

Documentation

An extension that makes STDIN non-blocking.

procedure: (nonblocking-input-port FD)

Takes the file-descriptor FD and returns a nonblocking input port for it.

Limitations

  • Partial Win32 support; it just checks keyboard events. it will block until you press enter key.

Examples

(require-extension nbstdin)

(read)

License

Copyright (c) 2005, Daishi Kato
All rights reserved.

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