I've seen a few messages asking how to get this to work and the replies that were functional involved snagging the console input handle and trolling for keyboard events yourself.  Since that code is inside the standard library (at least for DMD) I figured out the proper mix to make it work.

import std.c.stdio;  // I'm just using this for the printf
extern (C) void _STI_conio(); // initializes DM access ton conin, conout
extern (C) void _STD_conio(); // properly closes handles
extern (C) int kbhit();       // the conio function is in the DMD library
extern (C) int getch();       // as is his friend getch
void main() {
  int mychar;
   _STI_conio();
   while(!kbhit())
   {}
   mychar = getch();
   printf("%c\n",mychar);
   _STD_conio();
}

Works on DMD 2.059 Windows 7 64 bit.

Wow been looking for this for some time,
just tested it and it works on windowsXP 32 bit as well

On Sunday, 3 June 2012 at 02:55:53 UTC, Jason King wrote:
> I've seen a few messages asking how to get this to work and the replies that were functional involved snagging the console input handle and trolling for keyboard events yourself.  Since that code is inside the standard library (at least for DMD) I figured out the proper mix to make it work.
>
> import std.c.stdio;  // I'm just using this for the printf
> extern (C) void _STI_conio(); // initializes DM access ton conin, conout
> extern (C) void _STD_conio(); // properly closes handles
> extern (C) int kbhit();       // the conio function is in the DMD library
> extern (C) int getch();       // as is his friend getch
> void main() {
>   int mychar;
>    _STI_conio();
>    while(!kbhit())
>    {}
>    mychar = getch();
>    printf("%c\n",mychar);
>    _STD_conio();
> }
>
> Works on DMD 2.059 Windows 7 64 bit.