lib/textbringer/utils.rb in textbringer-0.2.1 vs lib/textbringer/utils.rb in textbringer-0.2.2

@@ -47,11 +47,35 @@
 
     def sleep_for(secs)
       sleep(secs)
     end
 
+    def background
+      Thread.start do
+        begin
+          yield
+        rescue Exception => e
+          next_tick do
+            raise e
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def next_tick(*args, &block)
+      Controller.current.next_tick(*args, &block)
+    end
+
+    def read_event
+      Controller.current.read_event
+    end
+
     def read_char
-      Controller.current.read_char
+      event = Controller.current.read_event
+      if !event.is_a?(String)
+        raise EditorError, "Non character event: #{event.inspect}"
+      end
+      event
     end
 
     def received_keyboard_quit?
       Controller.current.received_keyboard_quit?
     end