[pygame] Getting input from command line

[Fiona Burrows <fiona@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know this isn't directly related to PyGame but I figured there were 
worse places to ask a question like this.

Does anybody know the best way to get input from the command line? 
Specifically space and escape.

I have my program doing things in a thread and constantly reporting 
information. I'd like the main thread to be able to pause and unpause 
the other thread on space and to quit program cleanly with escape.

I tried using Curses, but it didn't work out too well. I got the input 
great, but I came across problems when adding strings that went off 
screen (lol). Rather than try to fix this I finally decided that I 
didn't want to use Curses since it can't run on Windows.

Am I getting into the realm of GUI software here simply by wanting input 
from space and escape? I just wanted something I could start in a 
terminal and forget about really.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Fiona