A good idea. In shorthand:
#-------------------Connect to IRC Server-------------------
sub connecting {
    # Connect to the IRC server.
    $sock = new IO::Socket::INET(
        PeerAddr => $irc,
        PeerPort => 6667,
        Proto => 'tcp',
    ) or die "Can't connect\n";

    print $sock "NICK $nick\r\n";
    print $sock "USER $login 8 * :CoCoNUE Member $nick\r\n";
    
    $sel->add($sock);
       
    #################################################
    #Timeout
    my $timer_chat = Glib::Timeout->add(1, \&incoming_data);
    
    #################################################\
    
    return 1;
}
    
#-------------------Watch for IRC Inputs-------------------
sub incoming_data {
    if ($sel->can_read(1)){
    my $input = <$sock>;
    $input =~ s/\r\n//g;
    my $hashref = $parser->parse( $input );
    SWITCH: {
        my $type = lc $hashref->{command};
        my @args;
        push @args, $hashref->{prefix} if $hashref->{prefix};
        push @args, @{ $hashref->{params} };
        if ( defined $dispatch{$type} ) {
            $dispatch{$type}->(@args);
            last SWITCH;
        }
        print STDOUT join( ' ', "irc_$type:", @args ), "\n";
    }
}
    return 1;
}

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Now the only problem is that the GTK2 window stops responding. I think its caused by the my $input = <$sock> having nothing to read and it just makes the GTK2 program angry. Is there a way to avoid this other than adding a watch or any other crazy GTK2 dispatcher? Thanks for the help everyone.
Update: should IO::Select be used? I have been barking up that tree with not much success either. I added the IO::Select to the loop and the program is now responding but it is very sluggish which is bad. any ideas?

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