Processing 0115, Mac OS X.4.7, G4

this is a perfectly reproducable phenomenon.

this code, which should pick up a line of input from the keyboard works for me in
Java:

System.out.println("Start");

String result ="";
try {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
result = br.readLine();
System.out.println("I got: " + result);
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

System.out.println("End");

output is:
Start
asdfsadf
I got: asdfsadf
End

the same code in Processing produces this output:

Start
I got: null
End

And it's not even waiting for me to enter anything.

TIA,
Michael.

processing has no console support for System.in. use key and keyPressed()
to get key input.