C: Catching KeyDown/KeyUp Events on Console?

From: OdinsDream (john.spam_at_simplykiwi.com)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: 24 Jun 2004 21:07:20 -0700

How can I capture keypresses using C for a console application? I'd
like to avoid having to use ncurses, if possible. I'd like to tie
directly into the linux input core system. Does anyone have some
references I could check?

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