VERSION

version 0.03

SYNOPSIS

package My::Term::Filter;
use Moose;
with 'Term::Filter';
sub munge_input {
my $self = shift;
my ($got) = @_;
$got =~ s/\ce/E- Elbereth\n/g;
$got;
}
sub munge_output {
my $self = shift;
my ($got) = @_;
$got =~ s/(Elbereth)/\e[35m$1\e[m/g;
$got;
}
My::Term::Filter->new->run('nethack');

DESCRIPTION

This module is a Moose role which implements running a program in a pty while being able to filter the data that goes into and out of it. This can be used to alter the inputs and outputs of a terminal based program (as in the ``SYNOPSIS''), or to intercept the data going in or out to record it or rebroadcast it (App::Ttyrec or App::Termcast, for instance).

This role is intended to be consumed by a class which implements its callbacks as methods; for a simpler callback-based API, you may want to use Term::Filter::Callback instead.

ATTRIBUTES

input

The input filehandle to attach to the pty's input. Defaults to STDIN.

output

The output filehandle to attach the pty's output to. Defaults to STDOUT.

pty

The IO::Pty::Easy object that the subprocess will be run under. Defaults to a newly created instance.

METHODS

input_handles

Returns the filehandles which will be monitored for reading. This list defaults to "input" and "pty".

add_input_handle($fh)

Add an input handle to monitor for reading. After calling this method, the "read" callback will be called with $fh as an argument whenever data is available to be read from $fh.

remove_input_handle($fh)

Remove $fh from the list of input handles being watched for reading.

run(@cmd)

Run the command specified by @cmd, as though via "system". The callbacks that have been defined will be called at the appropriate times, to allow for manipulating the data that is sent or received.

CALLBACKS

The following methods may be defined to interact with the subprocess:

setup

Called when the process has just been started. The parameters to "run" are passed to this callback.

cleanup

Called when the process terminates. Will not be called if "setup" is never run (for instance, if the process fails to start).

munge_input

Called whenever there is new data coming from the "input" handle, before it is passed to the pty. Must return the data to send to the pty (and the default implementation does this), but can do other things with the data as well.

munge_output

Called whenever the process running on the pty has produced new data, before it is passed to the "output" handle. Must return the data to send to the "output" handle (and the default implementation does this), but can do other things with the data as well.

read

Called when a filehandle other than "input" or "pty" has data available (so will never be called unless you call "add_input_handle" to register your handle with the event loop). Receives the handle with data available as its only argument.

read_error

Called when an exception state is detected in any handle in "input_handles" (including the default ones). Receives the handle with the exception state as its only argument.

winch

Called whenever the parent process receives a "SIGWINCH" signal, after it propagates that signal to the subprocess. "SIGWINCH" is sent to a process running on a terminal whenever the dimensions of that terminal change. This callback can be used to update any other handles watching the subprocess about the new terminal size.

SUPPORT

You can find this documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Term::Filter

You can also look for information at:

• AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

  http://annocpan.org/dist/Term-Filter <http://annocpan.org/dist/Term-Filter>

• CPAN Ratings

  http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Term-Filter <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Term-Filter>

• RT: CPAN's request tracker

  http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Term-Filter <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Term-Filter>

• Search CPAN

  http://search.cpan.org/dist/Term-Filter <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Term-Filter>

AUTHOR

Jesse Luehrs <doy at tozt dot net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Jesse Luehrs.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.