Term/Twiddle version 2.51

DESCRIPTION

Term::Twiddle displays a little spinning baton (thingy) while something else is going on. Its primary use is to give bored users something to watch while some long routine is executing.

You can change the baton into something else (e.g., a pair of blinking eyes, etc.), the rate at which it spins (or changes), randomize the speed of the baton, and other such things.

EXAMPLE

use Term::Twiddle;

my $tw = new Term::Twiddle;

## do something
$tw->start;

## while untar'ing, the baton is spinning system('tar', '-xf', 'some_big_tarfile.tar');

$tw->stop;

## now do something else
$tw->random;
$tw->start;

## while executing, the baton changes speed randomly &some_long_subroutine();

$tw->stop;

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

sys/syscall.ph (required for setitimer)

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Perl Artistic License.