Capture keyboard characters without hitting return key

Is it possible to get a keyboard key typed character without requiring the user to enter the RETURN key?
For example, the user press a key and the screen will echo the key pressed in console mode, not in GUI mode.

Is it possible to get a keyboard key typed character
without requiring the user to enter the RETURN key?The shell that's running in your console window will not give the kay strokes to the rpogram until the human hits enter/return. This is so the shell can do all the editing (EG backspace, etc).
In unix you can put the console in 'raw' mode which lets every key stroke through. See the 'stty' command

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Christophian wrote:
I did not explain myself because that is patently NOT true. I have 4 laptops at this time. In all of them when I press F5, it is F5 not screen brightness or what ever. In order to access the 'blue' functions like screen brightness, keyboard lights, speaker volume etc. I have to press and hold the fn key. However, on my Envy, I have to press and hold the fn key to access F5 rather than just turning on and off the keyboard lights. Now I wish I could reword this thread.
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erico
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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
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☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
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from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
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from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
In the top right corner of the Console window, there's a search box labeled Filter. Initially the words "String Matching" are shown in that box. Enter the name of the crashed application or process. For example, if iTunes crashed, you would enter "iTunes" (without the quotes.)
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Select the messages from the time of the last crash, if any. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
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I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.
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[1] ReturnKeyLabel - Adobe ActionScript® 3 (AS3 ) API Reference
[2] UITextInputTraits Protocol Reference

I saw that the ReturnKeyType [1] only supports a subset of value possible on iOS [2].
Basically the supported return key types are "done", "go", "next", "search" and "default" which corresponds to "enter" on iOS
while iOS also supports "Google", "Join", "Route", "Send", "Yahoo" and "Emergency Call".
Two of the iOS types "Join" and "Send" I would find quite useful in places I'm currenlty using the "go" return key type
Is there anyway to get the soft keyboard to show this labels on iOS?
Alternatively it would be great if "join" and "send" are added as Air ReturnKeyType's (e.g. they could default to "go" on other devices)
Thanks
[1] ReturnKeyLabel - Adobe ActionScript® 3 (AS3 ) API Reference
[2] UITextInputTraits Protocol Reference

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