use strict;
use warnings;

use Time::HiRes qw (usleep);

use Win32;
use Win32::Console;

my $console;
my @console_event;

undef $/;

unless ($console = new Win32::Console STD_INPUT_HANDLE)

    {
        print STDERR "\nSomething has gone wrong with the Win32::Console constructor: $!\n\n";
        die;
    }

$console -> Mode (ENABLE_MOUSE_INPUT);

print "Perl version $^V running on ", join (" ", Win32::GetOSName), ".\n\n";

print "Your mouse has ", $console->MouseButtons(), " buttons.\n\n";

print "Go ahead, make my day ...\n\n";

my $start_time = time ();
my $when_to_stop_waiting = $start_time + 15;

while (time () < $when_to_stop_waiting)

    {
        if ($console -> GetEvents ())

            {
                @console_event = $console -> Input ();

                print "A console event has been detected.  Its attributes are the following:\n\n";

                print "$_\n" for @console_event;

                print "\nGood job.\n";

                exit;   #   exit the program, do not fall through to that final print instruction
            }

         else

            {
                usleep 100;     #   sleep for 10 milliseconds, i.e. a hundredth of a second, to prevent
                                #   this program from getting into a really tight loop and crowding out
                                #   everyone else, but even without this usleep instruction the mouse
                                #   clicks are still not detected
            }
    }

print "The time to stop waiting has been reached. Your input was not detected.\n";
print "Better luck after seeking the wisdom of the monks.\n";