use Term::ReadLine; use AnyEvent; use Event; use strict; use warnings; my $events = {}; my $text = {}; my $term = Term::ReadLine->new("MyApp"); ($text->{screen_lines}, $text->{screen_columns}) = $term->get_screen_size(); # create a STDIN watcher $events->{stdin} = AE::io(*STDIN, 0, sub { &{$term->Attribs->{'callback_read_char'}}(); }); $term->callback_handler_install(prompt(), \&process_line); # handle Control-C from terminal $events->{sigint} = AE::signal('INT', \&cleanup_exit); $term->stuff_char(10); # necessary to respond to Ctrl-C at first prompt &{$term->Attribs->{'callback_read_char'}}(); print prompt(); $Event::DIED = sub { my ($event, $errmsg) = @_; print($errmsg); $term->Attribs->{line_buffer} = q(); if($term){ $term->clear_message(); $term->rl_reset_line_state(); } }; Event::loop(); sub cleanup_exit { print "\n caught $SIG{INT}",@_,"\n"; $term->rl_deprep_terminal(); exit; } sub prompt {"Enter command : "} sub process_line { my ($input) = @_; print "got some text: $input\n"; }