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()};
insert this line after that:
$SIG{INT}=sub{process()};
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"}
}
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