[wxperl-users] Re: Simple IRC-like framework

[Johan V. <jvr...@sq...>]

Foo Ji-Haw <jhf...@ex...> writes:

> This is not a perfect solution, but you can:
> create a multi-line text box and a single-line text box. The
> single-line is to type in commands. Your program can do a simple open
> ($command.'|') to receive the results of the execution, and display it
> on the multi-line box.
>
> The downside to this is that you can't read the results as it is
> displayed; but only after the execution is completed.

Thanks for the suggestion. Part of the problem (and I admit it was not
clear in the original posting) is that the client program should be
kept alive. It's a shell-like program that contiuously asks for
commands and displays the results.

-- Johan