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    Copyright
    Foreword
    Preface
    Ch. 1. Strings
    Ch. 2. Numbers
    Ch. 3. Dates and Times
    Ch. 4. Arrays
    Ch. 5. Hashes
    Ch. 6. Pattern Matching
    Ch. 7. File Access
    Ch. 8. File Contents
    Ch. 9. Directories
    Ch. 10. Subroutines
    Ch. 11. References and Records
    Ch. 12. Packages, Libraries, and Modules
    Ch. 13. Classes, Objects, and Ties
    Ch. 14. Database Access
    Ch. 15. Interactivity
    Introduction
    Recipe 15.1. Parsing Program Arguments
    Recipe 15.2. Testing Whether a Program Is Running Interactively
    Recipe 15.3. Clearing the Screen
    Recipe 15.4. Determining Terminal or Window Size
    Recipe 15.5. Changing Text Color
    Recipe 15.6. Reading Single Characters from the Keyboard
    Recipe 15.7. Ringing the Terminal Bell
    Recipe 15.8. Using POSIX termios
    Recipe 15.9. Checking for Waiting Input
    Recipe 15.10. Reading Passwords
    Recipe 15.11. Editing Input
    Recipe 15.12. Managing the Screen
    Recipe 15.13. Controlling Another Program with Expect
    Recipe 15.14. Creating Menus with Tk
    Recipe 15.15. Creating Dialog Boxes with Tk
    Recipe 15.16. Responding to Tk Resize Events
    Recipe 15.17. Removing the DOS Shell Window with Windows Perl/Tk
    Recipe 15.18. Graphing Data
    Recipe 15.19. Thumbnailing Images
    Recipe 15.20. Adding Text to an Image
    Recipe 15.21. Program: Small termcap Program
    Recipe 15.22. Program: tkshufflepod
    Recipe 15.23. Program: graphbox
    Ch. 16. Process Management and Communication
    Ch. 17. Sockets
    Ch. 18. Internet Services
    Ch. 19. CGI Programming
    Ch. 20. Web Automation
    Ch. 21. mod_perl
    Ch. 22. XML
    Colophon
    Index
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    Chapter 15. Interactivity > Program: Small termcap Program

    Recipe 15.21. Program: Small termcap Program

    15.21.1. Description

    This program clears your screen and scribbles all over it until you interrupt it. It shows how to use Term::Cap to clear the screen, move the cursor, and write anywhere on the screen. It also uses Recipe 16.6.

    The program text is shown in Example 15-8.


      

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