Termbox::PP

Termbox::PP 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 Pure Perl

The library is implemented in pure Perl and does not require any XS or C code. This makes it very portable and easy to install on any *nix operating system with a Perl interpreter.

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 termbox2 is still quite new and still has to prove itself in production use and possibly be improved.

Install

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

cpan Termbox::PP

Manual install:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make install

Dependencies

Termbox::PP mainly needs Core modules of Perl >= v5.10 and these modules for development and testing:

• Devel::StrictMode

• Test::Exception (only for testing)

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::PP is a port of termbox2.

Author

• 2024,2026 J. Schneider <http://github.com/brickpool>

Copyright and Licence

• Copyright (c) 2021 by termbox developers

• MIT License