NAME

Term::Getch - A simple alternate ReadKey()-like interface for MSWin32

SYNOPSIS

        use Term::Getch;
    
        while(1) {
                my $c = getch(); 
                print "Input: $c\r";
        }
        

DESCRIPTION

This module is for all those Win32 users who can't get Term::ReadKey to work with ActiveState's Perl. I don't know if anybody else can, or can't get it to work, but I know I had a heck of a time today trying to get Term::ReadKey to work. So, finally, out of desperation, I hacked out this small attempt at a portable solution to the delima. Behold, Term::Getch;

This exports a single function, getch(). Optional export is ascii(), which returns the ASCII character code of any character passed. (getch() returns the ASCII character as given by chr()).

getch() requires Win32::Console to be installed _IF_ you are a MSWin32 user. If you are not a MSWin32 user, then it will default to Term::ReadKey in an eval() statement.

getch() is a non-blocking read call. If there are no characters waiting, it returns undef. Otherwise, it returns the ASCII character (on key up.)

EXPORT

getch() ascii()

NOTE

Note: This has only been tested on by the author with ActiveState on Windows 98. I'm not sure how well this preforms on other systems. If this doesn't work on your system and you aren't a MS Windows user, go download Term::ReadKey and compile it for your system. Chances are, it will work MUCH better than this ever will. Thankyou very much. Good day!

AUTHOR

Josiah Bryan <jdb@wcoil.com>

Copyright (c) 2000 Josiah Bryan. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The Term::Getch and related modules are free software. THEY COME WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

DOWNLOAD

You can always download the latest copy of Term::Getch from http://www.josiah.countystart.com/modules/get.pl?getch:pod

SEE ALSO

perl(1), Win32::Console, Term::ReadKey