using System;
using System.Text; // for ReadKey()
using System.IO;   // for StreamReader etc

class MyProg
{
  static int Main(string[] args)
  {
    //string s1;
    //int i;
    char c;

    Console.WriteLine("-----test-----");


/****  So far everythin has blocked the same as this:         ****/
    while( Console.In.Peek() != -1 ) // blocks at first read... 
    {
      //s1 = Console.ReadLine();
      //Console.Write(s1);
      
      //i = Console.Read();
      //Console.Write("{0} ", i);

      c = (char)Console.Read();
      Console.Write("{0} ", c);

      //c = Console.ReadKey();   // even with:  using System.Text; still gets:
      //     Error: System.Console' does not contain a definition for `ReadKey'
      //Console.Write("{0} ", c);
    }

/****  This blocks...
    TextReader tIn = Console.In;
    while( tIn.Peek() != -1 )
    {
      c = (char)tIn.Read();
      Console.Write("{0} ", c );
    }
****/

/**** This works to read stdin but still blocks the same.:

    StreamReader sin = new StreamReader(Console.OpenStandardInput());
    while( sin.Peek() != -1 )
    {
      c = (char)sin.Read();
      Console.Write("{0} ", c);
      if(c == 'x') break;  
    }
    sin.Close();

#### Sample run:    
->  mcs peek_stdio.cs
->  mono peek_stdio.exe
-----test-----
testxinput
t e s t x ->  
  
****/
    return 0;
  }
}