NAME
Term::InKey - Perl extension for clearing the screen and receiving a
keystroke.
SYNOPSIS
use Term::InKey;
print "Press any key to clear the screen: ";
$x = &ReadKey;
&Clear;
print "You pressed $x\n";
DESCRIPTION
This module implements Clear() to clear screen and ReadKey() to receive
a keystroke, on UNIX and Win32 platforms. As opposed to Term::ReadKey,
it does not contain XSUB code and can be easily installed on Windows
boxes.
FUNCTIONS
* Clear
Clear the screen.
* ReadKey
Read one keystroke.
* ReadPassword
Read a password, displaying asterisk instead of the characters
readed. Deleting one character back (DEL) and erasing the buffer
(^U) are supported. This function accepts one argument. It can be an
alternate char for displaying other than an asterisk, or if a
negative number, suppresses output to the screen and only receives
input.
TODO
Write a function to receive a keystroke with time out. Easy with
select() on UNIX.
COMPLIANCE
This module works only on UNIX systems and Win32 systems.
AUTHOR
This module was written by Ariel Brosh (R.I.P), November 2001, for RAZ
Information Systems.
Now maintained by Oded S. Resnik
[email protected]
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 RAZ Information Systems Ltd.
http://www.raz.co.il/
This package is distributed under the same terms as Perl itself, see the
Artistic License on Perl's home page.
SEE ALSO
stty, tcsetattr, termcap, Term::Cap, POSIX, Term::ReadKey,
Term::ReadPassword.
