#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use stfl; use threads; use MCE::Shared; use Time::HiRes qw/sleep/; my $count1 = MCE::Shared->scalar(10000); my $count2 = MCE::Shared->scalar(20000); my $count3 = MCE::Shared->scalar(30000); my $layout; { open my $fh, "<", "example.stfl" or die "open error 'example.stfl': $!"; local $/; $layout = <$fh>; } my $f = stfl::create($layout); my $s = 0; sub bg_start { unless ($s) { async { local $SIG{'QUIT'} = sub { threads->exit() }; sleep(0.9), $count1->incr() while 1; }; async { local $SIG{'QUIT'} = sub { threads->exit() }; sleep(0.6), $count2->incr() while 1; }; async { local $SIG{'QUIT'} = sub { threads->exit() }; sleep(0.3), $count3->incr() while 1; }; $s = 1; } } sub bg_stop { if ($s) { # Signal the thread to terminate, and then detach # it so that it will get cleaned up automatically. $_->kill('QUIT')->detach() for threads->list(); $s = 0; } } $f->set('helpmsg', '[ ESC = exit | F1 = start | F2 = stop ]'); bg_start(); while (1) { my $event = $f->run(50); if ($s) { # must stringify in case numeric value $f->set('text 1', ''.$count1->get()); $f->set('text 2', ''.$count2->get()); $f->set('text 3', ''.$count3->get()); } next unless (defined $event); bg_start() if $event eq 'F1'; bg_stop() if $event eq 'F2'; last if $event eq 'ESC'; } bg_stop();