Path: usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.uoregon.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: Kenneth Albanowski Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.perl Subject: Term::ReadKey version 1.98 Date: 31 May 1995 01:50:59 GMT Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 54 Approved: merlyn@stonehenge.com (comp.lang.perl.announce) Message-ID: <3qgi23$f1h@maureen.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: linda.teleport.com Xref: usenet.cis.ufl.edu comp.lang.perl.announce:21 comp.lang.perl.misc:256 comp.lang.perl:50943 This is an announcement that version 1.98 of my Perl 5 module, "Term::ReadKey" has been released. 1.98 is a minor update that (hopefully) fixes some problems in using filehandles other then STDIN when referenced by globs. --------------- What is Term::ReadKey? It's a perl5 module designed to allow easy access to terminal control parameters, and a framework for non-blocking reads. In simpler terms, you can use it to read a single key at a time, without waiting for a LF, and you can do background processing if a key hasn't been pressed yet. --------------- On what systems can it be used? It's designed to make use of whatever terminal control capabilities are available, from any of the "termio", "termios", or "sgtty" packages. A perl script is used during installation to adapt to local sgtty parameters, if necessary. Term::ReadKey was developed on Linux, and thus has had access to a wide range of terminal packages, but due to it's previously limited distribution, there may be systems where it does not work well, or at all. It should work, though, and if it doesn't I'll try to fix it. --------------- Where can I get it? ftp://numeric.adr.com/pub/perl/modules/TermReadKey-1.98.tar.Z --------------- How do I install it? After installing Perl 5 (version 5.001e or later is preferable), unpack it in any directory you wish to, then run "perl Makefile.PL", and lastly "make". That should give you a fully working module, testable by "make test". Afterwards, you can install it into the system's perl directory by becoming root and running "make install". Note that you cannot (currently) extract it into the "ext" directory during Perl configuration, and get properly installed. If you have portabilty problems, you can contact me, the author, at kjahds@kjahds.com. -- Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)