Read a unicode character from the terminal

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2012-03-31 17:56, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> How would I read a unicode character from the terminal? I've tried using
> "std.cstream.din.getc" but it seems to only work for ascii characters.
> If I try to read and print something that isn't ascii, it just prints a
> question mark.

I solved it like this:

dchar readChar ()
{
     char[4] buffer;

     buffer[0] = din.getc();
     auto len = codeLength!(char)(buffer[0]);

     foreach (i ; 1 .. len)
         buffer[i] = din.getc();

     size_t i;
     return decode(buffer, i);
}

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg