I couldn't figure a way to channel STDIN->TNOUT, but you could use $SIG{INT} as something to "listen for" along with the alarm, so the user can interrupt and input a line. That means you need a new way to conviently kill the whole thing (input DONE). Since TNIN is triggered initially by im2 starting the timer: 

$SIG{ALRM}=sub{rearm()};

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insert this line after that: 

$SIG{INT}=sub{process()};

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and for the sub: 

sub process {
        print color("black on_white"), ">"; print color("reset");
        my $input=<>;
        if ($input eq "DONE\n") {exit 0}
        else {print TNOUT "$input"}
}

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now, when you press ctrl-c, instead of death you get a little ">" prompt so you can talk.

I just tried it and it werx dandy. ROLL ON

In reply to Re: bidirectional challange by halfcountplus
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