NAME
    Dpchrist::Term - terminal I/O routines

DESCRIPTION
    This documentation describes module revision $Revision: 1.18 $.

    This is alpha test level software and may change or disappear at any
    time.

  SUBROUTINES
   dot()
        dot

    Prints a dot (period) at most once per second. Accepts/ consumes no
    arguments. Returns void.

   echo_system
        echo_system LIST

    Prints newline, dollar sign, space, LIST items seperated by spaces, and
    newline to STDOUT, and then passes through call to system().

   prompt
        prompt EXPR,LIST

    Prints EXPR, and LIST in parenthesis, to STDOUT, and waits for user
    input on STDIN. Returns whatever the user input, or first LIST item if
    the user presses < Enter >.

    Returns first LIST item if process is not connected to a tty.

  EXPORT
    None by default.

    All of the subroutines may be imported by using the ':all' tag:

        use Dpchrist::Term  qw( :all );

INSTALLATION
    Old school:

        $ perl Makefile.PL
        $ make    
        $ make test
        $ make install

    Minimal:

        $ cpan Dpchrist::Term

    Complete:

        $ cpan Bundle::Dpchrist

  PREREQUISITES
    See Makefile.PL in the source distribution root directory.

SEE ALSO
        "Perl Cookbook", 2 e., Recipe 15.2

AUTHOR
    David Paul Christensen dpchrist@holgerdanske.com

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    Copyright 2010 by David Paul Christensen dpchrist@holgerdanske.com

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
    Free Software Foundation; version 2.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
    Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
    59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.