use Glib;
use Term::ReadKey;
use threads;
#use threads::shared;

$|++;
ReadMode('cbreak');

# works non-blocking if read stdin is in a thread
my $count = 0;
my $thr = threads->new(\&read_in)->detach;

my $main_loop = Glib::MainLoop->new;
my $timer  = Glib::Timeout->add (1000, \&timer_callback, undef, 1 );
# can also have filehandle watches
#my $watcher;
#$watcher = Glib::IO->add_watch( fileno( $pty ), ['in', 'hup'], \&callback);

$main_loop->run;
ReadMode('normal'); # restore normal tty settings

sub timer_callback{
     #do stuff
     $count++;
     print "\n$count\n";
    return 1;
}

sub read_in{
        while(1){
         my $char;
         if (defined ($char = ReadKey(0)) ) {
            print "\t\t$char->", ord($char),"\n";    
            #process key presses here
            #if($char eq 'q'){exit}
            if(length $char){exit}  # panic button on any key :-)
                
            }
          }
}