This module provides a simple interface to the terminal control features for character mode terminals.
INSTALLATION
This module will build in the usual way :
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
This last step may need to be done as a user with permission to write into the Perl library directories - if you are not able to do this you may run the first step with:
perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/some/directory/you/can/write/to
And then run the rest of the procedure as usual - you will need to add that path to @INC as described in the FAQ or in the manpage for the 'lib' pragma.
DEPENDENCIES
This module depends on version 1.01 or greater of Term::Cap - whilst this module has been in the core Perl distribution for some years it had previously required a patch - 1.01 is available as part of the 5.7.2 development release (not intended for general release) and will be in 5.8.0 - it is hoped that 1.02 will be released to CPAN for those who dont want to upgrade their version of Perl just now.
TO DO
Make a terminfo version of this so better function key support would be built in.
Make an MS-DOS version and a MAC version and an OS/2 version and a VMS version, and ... so we can stop seeing "how can I read one char questions"
SUPPORT
Please contact the current maintainer of this module to report any bugs or suggest changes to this module.
Jonathan Stowe <jns@gellyfish.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (c) Mark Kaehny 1996
Jonathan Stowe 2001, 2005
This is free software it can be modified and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself - see the README file in the Perl Distribution for more information.
Mark Kaehny
kaehny@execpc.com