In [ruby-talk:13674], "Will Conant" <will_conant / hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way for me to get a character from the terminal right as it
> is typed, rather than blocking until the user presses enter? Also,
> ruby automatically prints the characters out as the user types
> them... can this  behavior be changed? 

Though I haven't actually used it in the context of Ruby, this is the sort of 
thing curses (and thus the curses Ruby extension) does.

Henry.