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From: rjm@vulcan.anu.edu.au (Robert J. McArthur)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: grabchars in perl?
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Date: 5 Jun 91 05:23:44 GMT
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Has anyone implemented the grabchars package in perl?

For those who don't know, grabchars is a PD program from comp.sources.misc
that implements timed reads from ttys and non-CR-requiring input.  eg. you
can  just type one letter in answer to a y/n question without needing the
CR.

Robert
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