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@@ -1,26 +1,25 @@ - Term::ReadKey 2.08 - Change terminal modes, and perform non-blocking reads. + Term::ReadKey 2.11 - Change terminal modes, and perform non-blocking reads. - Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, Kenneth Albanowski. Unlimited distribution and/or + Copyright (C) 1994-1997 Kenneth Albanowski. Unlimited distribution and/or modification is allowed as long as this copyright notice remains intact. -This module, ReadKey, provides ioctl control for terminals so the input -modes can be changed (thus allowing reads of a single character at a time), -and also provides non-blocking reads of stdin, as well as several other -terminal related features, including retrieval/modification of the screen -size, and retrieval/modification of the control characters. Installation -requires MakeMaker 3.5 or higher (MakeMaker 3.7 is included with perl 5.001, -so now is a good time to upgrade if you haven't already.) - -To install, if you are using static linking, or wish to keep your modules in -the perl build tree, extract this tar in the ext/ subdirectory of the perl -source directory. Then just run a normal "make" in the perl source -directory. - -If, however, you are using dynamic linking, you may unpack this in any -directory you want, under perl or not, type "perl Makefile.PL", and then -"make test". If the compilation and the tests are successful, then change to -root and run "make install". - +This module, ReadKey, provides ioctl control for terminals and Win32 +consoles so the input modes can be changed (thus allowing reads of a single +character at a time), and also provides non-blocking reads of stdin, as well +as several other terminal related features, including retrieval/modification +of the screen size, and retrieval/modification of the control characters. +Installation requires MakeMaker 3.5 or higher (MakeMaker 3.7 is included +with perl 5.001, so now is a good time to upgrade if you haven't already.) + +To install, unpack somewhere, type "perl Makefile.PL", and then "make test". +If the compilation and the tests are successful, then change to root and run +"make install". + +New in version 2.10 is support for Win32. This has only been tested with one +particular binary distribution and compiler, so it may need a bit of +exercise. There is are also some limitations, with the ReadLine call being +unavailable, and ReadKey possibly generating bad results if you are reading +from multiple consoles, and key repeat is used. VERY IMPORTANT: In 2.00, the ReadKey/ReadLine arguments changed. Now, if you want a call that is non-blocking and returns immediately if no |