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.

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

Raz Information Systems, razinf@cpan.org, raz@raz.co.il.

COPYRIGHT

This module is free and is distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

stty, tcsetattr, termcap, Term::Cap, POSIX, Term::ReadKey.