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From: daniel@world.std.com (Daniel Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: grabchars in perl?
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.160015.10752@world.std.com>
Date: 5 Jun 91 16:00:15 GMT
References: <1991Jun5.052344.22684@newshost.anu.edu.au>
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In <1991Jun5.052344.22684@newshost.anu.edu.au> rjm@vulcan.anu.edu.au (Robert J. McArthur) writes:

> 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.


	wow, they're using in Australia and Moscow and Berlin and...

	I wrote grabchars, and will see if I can do a port sometime in the
next week.  I had been thinking of doing a 2.0 C version that would handle
function/arrow keys, allow templates (like: 2 lower case letters, then a
number, then 3 upper case letters) and perhaps a little more.  Have to 
resist the creeping feature syndrome (as well as I can!).

	For the moment, grabchars can be called from perl.  If anyone is
interested in collaborating, let me know.

				Daniel
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