keyboard_controller.py

#import rospy
import time
import locale
import curses
import sys
from pySpacebrew.spacebrew import Spacebrew

if __name__ == "__main__":
    name = "Keyboard Controller"
    server = "sandbox.spacebrew.cc"

    brew = Spacebrew(name=name, server=server)
    brew.addPublisher("cmd", "string")
    try:
        # start-up spacebrew
        brew.start()
        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
        code = locale.getpreferredencoding()
        #rate = rospy.Rate(1.0)
          # initialize the terminal display
        stdscr = curses.initscr()
        curses.halfdelay(2)
        stdscr.keypad(1)
        #curses.noecho()			# turn off echo
        curses.curs_set(0)		# turn off cursor
        while 1:
            c = stdscr.getch()
            if (c == 119):
                brew.publish('cmd', 'w')
            elif (c == 115):
                brew.publish('cmd', 's')
            elif (c == 97):
                brew.publish('cmd', 'a')
            elif (c == 100):
                brew.publish('cmd', 'd')
            elif (c == 120):
                break
            else:
                brew.publish('cmd', 'nan')
            #time.sleep(0.5)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        pass
    finally:
        brew.stop()
        curses.nocbreak()
        stdscr.keypad(0)
        #curses.echo()
        curses.endwin()