function similar to getchar

Question

Is there a Go function similar to C\'s getchar able to handle tab press in console? I want to make some sort of completion in my console app.

Answer 1

Thanks goes to Paul Rademacher - this works (at least on Mac):

package main

import (
    "bytes"
    "fmt"

    "github.com/pkg/term"
)

func getch() []byte {
    t, _ := term.Open("/dev/tty")
    term.RawMode(t)
    bytes := make([]byte, 3)
    numRead, err := t.Read(bytes)
    t.Restore()
    t.Close()
    if err != nil {
        return nil
    }
    return bytes[0:numRead]
}

func main() {
    for {
        c := getch()
        switch {
        case bytes.Equal(c, []byte{3}):
            return
        case bytes.Equal(c, []byte{27, 91, 68}): // left
            fmt.Println("LEFT pressed")
        default:
            fmt.Println("Unknown pressed", c)
        }
    }
    return
}