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How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?

How you access/control keyboards, screens, and pointing devices (``mice'') is system-dependent. Try the following modules:

Keyboard

    Term::Cap                   Standard perl distribution
    Term::ReadKey               CPAN
    Term::ReadLine::Gnu         CPAN
    Term::ReadLine::Perl        CPAN
    Term::Screen                CPAN

Screen

    Term::Cap                   Standard perl distribution
    Curses                      CPAN
    Term::ANSIColor             CPAN

Mouse

    Tk                          CPAN

Source: Perl FAQ: System Interaction
Copyright: Copyright (c) 1997 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.

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