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Re: Reading directly from a keyboard device, not simply <STDIN>

by f00li5h (Chaplain)
on Dec 16, 2008 at 05:11 UTC ( [id://730572]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Reading directly from a keyboard device, not simply <STDIN>

Term::ReadKey perhaps?

(I know it's not technically reading from the device, but it's close-ish)

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Re^2: Reading directly from a keyboard device, not simply <STDIN>
by overrider (Acolyte) on Dec 16, 2008 at 05:30 UTC
    Yes, Term::ReadKey is what i am trying to use, see my example Code above. I seem to be doing it wrong though, as everytime i type something on my (attached to embedded box)keyboard , it just reads garbled characters instead of printing the string i actually typed.

    what i really want is to read (or sth close to read) from the keyboard device in the same way i would read from a device attached to a normal serial port.

      The link was supposed to be a nudge toword the docs...

      Term::ReadKey doesn't mention that it needs a file handle to do it's reading, have you tried without opening the $fh yourself, and just letting it default to using the current TTY?

      As for your nobody-logged-in issue, would it not be possible to spawn your perl scrpt from /etc/inittab? Then you will have everything you need set up (without having to log a user in via getty)

      Also, have you managed to get the module to behave the way you want on a box with a display? (it'll make debugging easier atleast)

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