Termbox::Go

Termbox::Go is a Perl module that provides a minimalistic API and enables Perl programmers to create text-based user interfaces.

Here are three outstanding advantages:

1 Cross-platform compatibility

The library is cross-platform, providing both terminal-based implementations on *nix operating systems and a WinAPI-based console implementation for Windows operating systems.

2 Abstraction of functions

The basic idea is to abstract the largest common subset of functions available on all major terminals and other terminal-like APIs in a minimalistic way.

3 Simplicity of the API

A small API means that it is easy to implement, test, maintain and learn. This makes termbox a unique library.

Warning

This port of termbox-go is still quite new and still has to prove itself in production use and possibly be improved.

Install

To install the Termbox::Go module type the following:

cpan Termbox::Go

Manual install:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make install

Dependencies

Termbox::Go mainly needs Core modules of Perl >= v5.14, but also requires these modules:

• Devel::StrictMode

• Params::Util

• Import::Into

• Unicode::EastAsianWidth

• Unicode::EastAsianWidth::Detect

If the module is used under Windows, some standard Win32 libraries (which are delivered with your Perl distribution) are required:

• Win32::Console

• Win32::API

• Win32API::File

Examples

For examples of what you can do, see the various examples in the example/ directory. You can try them out via:

perl example/hello_world.pl

Credits

Termbox::Go is a port of termbox-go.

Author

• 2024 J. Schneider <http://github.com/brickpool>

Copyright and Licence

• Copyright (c) 2012 by termbox-go authors

• MIT License