Qt way to read from stdin.

console.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include "console.hpp"

void Console::run()
{
    std::cout << "First message" << std::endl;
    std::cout << "> " << std::flush;
    connect(m_notifier, SIGNAL(activated(int)), this, SLOT(readCommand()));
}

void Console::readCommand()
{
    std::string line;
    std::getline(std::cin, line);
    if (std::cin.eof() || line == "quit") {
        std::cout << "Good bye!" << std::endl;
        emit quit();
    } else {
        std::cout << "Echo: " << line << std::endl;
        std::cout << "> " << std::flush;
    }
}

console.hpp

#pragma once

#include <QObject>
#include <QSocketNotifier>
#include <iostream>

class Console : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT;

public:
    Console();

    void run();

signals:
    void quit();

private:
    QSocketNotifier *m_notifier;

private slots:
    void readCommand();
};

inline Console::Console()
{
    m_notifier = new QSocketNotifier(fileno(stdin), QSocketNotifier::Read, this);
}

main.cpp

#include "console.hpp"
#include <QCoreApplication>

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
    Console console;
    console.run();
    QObject::connect(&console, SIGNAL(quit()), &app, SLOT(quit()));
    return app.exec();
}

it's quite elegant : )

There is similar code on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6878507/using-qsocketnotifier-to-select-on-a-char-device/7389622#7389622
I'm not sure which came first or whether they are even related, but this one contains two important fixes over SO:
use std::getline(std::cin, line); in readCommand (QTextStreams buffers confuse stdin notifier) and having the socket as a child (graceful moving to a new thread and stdin is not threadsafe).

I edited the SO answer and the edit is pending peer reviewing.

Hey.
I'm just having trouble with your code on a Windows setup... I can't write in the console. Is someone having any idea about it?
Thanks a lot!

@Alexan14 i have the same problem, have you solved it?

Awesome! Very useful! It works well on Linux with Qt 5.6.

Thanks!
@spartawhy117, to support Windows take a look at this example.
I just added a few lines to the proposed code:

#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
#include <QWinEventNotifier>
#include <windows.h>
#else
#include <QSocketNotifier>
#endif
...
#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
    QWinEventNotifier *m_notifier;
#else
    QSocketNotifier *m_notifier;
#endif
...
#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
    m_notifier = new QWinEventNotifier(GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE));
    connect(m_notifier, &QWinEventNotifier::activated
#else
    m_notifier = new QSocketNotifier(fileno(stdin), QSocketNotifier::Read, this);
    connect(m_notifier, &QSocketNotifier::activated
#endif
        , this, &Console::readCommand);

Thanks, exact what I needed.
Just one thing I had to change, in console.hpp line 9:
Q_OBJECT <- no semicolon goes here
Using Qt 5.10 on openSuSE 42.3 and raspbian jessie

Hi guys,

I updated this to Qt5 and C++11 and put it in a repo so it can be used as a git submodule:

You can find it here.

Cheers,

Thanks a lot man. It was exactly what i was looking for.

There is another example