From db20635094164c69fdba498f05a3ff622f62e9af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MuedeHydra <tiger12@gmx.ch>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:03:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] non blicking input

---
 client.py | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client.py b/client.py
index ebefae2..f2b51bc 100644
--- a/client.py
+++ b/client.py
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import socket
 import json
 import time
-import datetime
 import threading
+import datetime
 import select
+import sys
+import termios
+import tty
 
 run = True
+new_msg = []
 
 def make_payload(name, msg):
     payload = {
@@ -23,13 +27,56 @@ def read_msg(s):
             data = s.recv(1024)
             if data:
                 msg = json.loads(data.decode("utf-8"))
-                print(f"{msg["name"]} {datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(float(msg["time"])).strftime("%d-%m-%Y %H:%M")}")
-                print(msg["msg"])
+                # print(f"{msg["name"]} {datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(float(msg["time"])).strftime("%d-%m-%Y %H:%M")}")
+                # print(msg["msg"])
+                new_msg.append(msg)
             else:
                 print("Server disconnected")
                 run = False
             # print(f"Received {data!r}")
 
+def input_handel(name, s):
+    global run
+    msg_buffer = ""
+    old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(sys.stdin)
+    try:
+        tty.setraw(sys.stdin.fileno())
+        print("\r> " + msg_buffer, end="")
+        while run:
+            if select.select([sys.stdin], [], [], 0)[0]:
+                ch = sys.stdin.read(1)
+
+                if ord(ch) == 127:
+                    if len(msg_buffer) > 0:
+                        msg_buffer = msg_buffer[:-1]
+                        print("\r> " + msg_buffer + " ", end="")
+                elif ord(ch) == 13:
+                    if msg_buffer in ["", " "]:
+                        run = False
+                        print("\r\nClosing socket and exit")
+
+                    elif run:
+                        payload = make_payload(name, msg_buffer)
+                        s.sendall(payload)
+                        msg_buffer = ""
+                        print("\r\n> ", end="")
+
+                else:
+                    msg_buffer += ch
+                    print("\r> " + msg_buffer, end="")
+
+            else:
+                time.sleep(0.1)
+                if len(new_msg) > 0:
+                    msg = new_msg.pop()
+                    print(f"\r{msg["name"]} {datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(float(msg["time"])).strftime("%d-%m-%Y %H:%M")}")
+                    print("\r" + msg["msg"])
+                    print()
+                    print("\r> " + msg_buffer, end="")
+    finally:
+        termios.tcsetattr(sys.stdin, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings)
+
+
 def event_handel(name, s):
     global run
     while run:
@@ -56,7 +103,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
                 s.connect((HOST, PORT))
                 name = input("Enter name: ")
-                threading.Thread(target=event_handel, args=(name, s,)).start()
+                # threading.Thread(target=event_handel, args=(name, s,)).start()
+                threading.Thread(target=input_handel, args=(name, s,)).start()
                 read_msg(s)
         except ConnectionRefusedError:
             print("Could not connect to the server!")