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Command-line input with Sys.stdin() not working in Haxe

I'm trying to use the input function from the Sys class, but when I run the build and the prompt occurs, I'm unable to enter any input. What alternatives are there to Sys, or what ought I do to resolve this? I've checked Haxelib and haven't found anything that I think can be used.

For reference, what I have written:

Sys.println("First player's name: ");
var p1:String = Sys.stdin().readLine();

My hxml args:

-main Main.hx
-cp src
-cp src/cards
-cp src/cards/library
-lib Random
-neko test.n
-cmd neko test.n
Solution

  • It works fine if you manually start the generated test.n instead of doing that via -cmd in the hxml. I suspect that the Haxe process does not direct input to the stdin of the -cmd process or something like that.

    If you still want to compile and run at the same time, I recommend creating a little .bat (or .sh if you're on Linux) script for this:

    haxe build.hxml
neko test.n