Hi guys, I've found two nifty little scripts on these forums one which detects if the F5 key has been pressed:
Code:
#/bin/sh
_key()
{
local kp
ESC=$'\e'
_KEY=
read -d '' -sn1 _KEY
case $_KEY in
"$ESC")
while read -d '' -sn1 -t1 kp
do
_KEY=$_KEY$kp
case $kp in
[a-zA-NP-Z~]) break;;
esac
done
;;
esac
printf -v "${1:-_KEY}" "%s" "$_KEY"
}
_key x
case $x in
$'\e[15~') echo You have pressed F5 ;;
esac
What I'm trying to do is join these scripts together so that when my script runs, it does a countdown to 0 - once it gets to zero it calls a 'default' function I've written which uses non user specified parameter, but what I'd like is the user to be able to hit the F5 key if they like and 'stop' the countdown process - this will then call another function I've written which allows the user to input their own parameters. I can't seem to 'weld' the two scripts together however all attempts have failed mostly because I don't understand entirely how the key press script works? Does anyone see how I could do this? Cheers.
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Does no one have any idea how to achive this
Code:
countdown=10
while [[ ${countdown} -ge 0 ]]
do
echo "Automatic search using today's date will begin in ${countdown} second(s)."
echo "Press F5 to cancel and specify another date."
sleep 1
countdown=$(( ${countdown} - 1 ))
if [[ $countdown == 0 ]]; then
# run the automatic search using today's date
# by calling the SearchAuto function
SearchAuto
fi
#more script needed here
#if key is pressed, cancel loop and call the manual search function
done
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
gameclock
GAMECLOCK(6) Games Manual GAMECLOCK(6)NAME
gameclock - a simple game clock
SYNOPSIS
gameclock
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the gameclock command.
gameclock is a simple application designed to track the time spent thinking by the players during a chess game. Various ways of tracking
time are supported, with only `countdown' (aka `blitz') and `fisher' for now. The graphical interface is keyboard driven and is intended to
be minimal and simple. The code is made to be extensible to other game types.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (--). A summary of options is included
below.
-h, --help
Show summary of options. This includes the program's version and license.
-v, --verbose
Show progress information to standard output. More `-v' will display more information: timestamps then game state engine.
-f, --fullscreen
Start the application in fullscreen mode.
KEYBINDINGS
Most of the interface is keyboard-driven, apart from the initial clock and game configuration.
space start the game / end turn
shift keys
end the turn, but only for the appropriate side (left or right side)
p pause game
control-r, escape
reset game - this resets all counters and clocks to the initial configuration, use this to restart the game.
f toggle the fullscreen mode
control-q
quit application
SEE ALSO xboard(1), http://gnomecoder.wordpress.com/chessclock/.
AUTHOR
gameclock was written by Antoine Beaupre.
August 13, 2008 GAMECLOCK(6)
07-02-2010
mostly because I don't understand entirely how the key press script works? Does anyone see how I could do this? Cheers.