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UI::Dialog::Backend::GDialog(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | UI::Dialog::Backend::GDialog(3pm) |
NAME¶
UI::Dialog::Backend::GDialogSYNOPSIS¶
use UI::Dialog::Backend::GDialog; my $d = new UI::Dialog::Backend::GDialog ( backtitle => 'Demo', title => 'Default' );
$d->msgbox( title => 'Welcome!', text => 'Welcome one and all!' );
ABSTRACT¶
UI::Dialog::Backend::GDialog is the UI::Dialog backend for the antiquated GNOME dialog variant. While this module is used through UI::Dialog or any other loader module only the compatible methods are ever accessible. However, when using this module directly in your application (as in the SYNOPSIS example) you are given access to all the options and features of the real gdialog(1) application.DESCRIPTION¶
GDialog is being phased out by the much more satisfying Zenity, but we support it's usage via this backend anyways!EXPORT¶
None
INHERITS¶
UI::Dialog::Backend
CONSTRUCTOR¶
new( @options )- EXAMPLE
my $d = new( title => 'Default Title', backtitle => 'Backtitle', width => 65, height => 20, listheight => 5 );
- DESCRIPTION
This is the Class Constructor method. It
accepts a list of key => value pairs and uses them as the defaults when
interacting with the various widgets.
- RETURNS
A blessed object reference of the
UI::Dialog::Backend::GDialog class.
- OPTIONS
- The (...)'s after each option indicate the default for the option. An * denotes support by all the widget methods on a per-use policy defaulting to the values decided during object creation.
- debug = 0,1,2 (0)
- literal = 0,1 (0)
- backtitle = "backtitle" ('') *
- title = "title" ('') *
- height = \d+ (0) *
- width = \d+ (0) *
- beepbefore = 0,1 (0) *
- beepafter = 0,1 (0) *
WIDGET METHODS¶
yesno( )- EXAMPLE
if ($d->yesno( text => 'A binary type question?') ) { # user pressed yes } else { # user pressed no or cancel }
- DESCRIPTION
Present the end user with a message box that
has two buttons, yes and no.
- RETURNS
TRUE (1) for a response of YES or FALSE (0)
for anything else.
- EXAMPLE
$d->msgbox( text => 'A simple message' );
- DESCRIPTION
Pesent the end user with a message box that
has an OK button.
- RETURNS
TRUE (1) for a response of OK or FALSE (0) for
anything else.
- EXAMPLE
$d->infobox( text => 'A simple 6 second message.', timeout => 6000 );
- DESCRIPTION
Pesent the end user with a message box for a
limited duration of time. The timeout is specified in thousandths of a second,
ie: 1000 = 1 second.
- RETURNS
TRUE (1) for a response of OK or FALSE (0) for
anything else.
- EXAMPLE
my $string = $d->password( text => 'Enter some (hidden) text.' );
- DESCRIPTION
Present the end user with a text input field
that doesn't reveal the input (except to the script) and a message. GDialog
does not actually support a (hidden input text field) inputbox other than the
plain one.
UI::Dialog::Backend::GDialog instead warns the user that their password will be
visible and presents them with a plain inputbox.
Future versions of this module will use gnome-ssh-askpass or x11-ssh-askpass
instead of the plain text widget. The end user will be notified that the
ssh-askpass program is going to ask them for their password instead of the
regular inputbox().
The lack of a proper password box for gdialog is my first reason for being
thankful that zenity(1) is so 'now' and gdialog is being left back in
'then'!
- RETURNS
a SCALAR if the response is OK and FALSE (0)
for anything else.
- EXAMPLE
my $string = $d->inputbox( text => 'Please enter some text...', entry => 'this is the input field' );
- DESCRIPTION
Present the end user with a text input field
and a message.
- RETURNS
a SCALAR if the response is OK and FALSE (0)
for anything else.
- EXAMPLE
$d->textbox( path => '/path/to/a/text/file' );
- DESCRIPTION
Present the end user with a simple scrolling
box containing the contents of the given text file.
- RETURNS
TRUE (1) if the response is OK and FALSE (0)
for anything else.
- EXAMPLE
my $selection1 = $d->menu( text => 'Select one:', list => [ 'tag1', 'item1', 'tag2', 'item2', 'tag3', 'item3' ] );
- DESCRIPTION
Present the user with a selectable list.
- RETURNS
a SCALAR of the chosen tag if the response is
OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.
- EXAMPLE
my @selection = $d->checklist( text => 'Select one:', list => [ 'tag1', [ 'item1', 0 ], 'tag2', [ 'item2', 1 ], 'tag3', [ 'item3', 1 ] ] );
- DESCRIPTION
Present the user with a selectable
checklist.
- RETURNS
an ARRAY of the chosen tags if the response is
OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.
- EXAMPLE
my $selection = $d->radiolist( text => 'Select one:', list => [ 'tag1', [ 'item1', 0 ], 'tag2', [ 'item2', 1 ], 'tag3', [ 'item3', 0 ] ] );
- DESCRIPTION
Present the user with a selectable
radiolist.
- RETURNS
a SCALAR of the chosen tag if the response is
OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.
- EXAMPLE
my $text = $d->fselect( path => '/path/to/a/file/or/directory' );
- DESCRIPTION
Present the user with a file selection widget
preset with the given path.
- RETURNS
a SCALAR if the response is OK and FALSE (0)
for anything else.
- EXAMPLE
my $text = $d->dselect( path => '/path/to/a/directory' );
- DESCRIPTION
Present the user with a file selection widget
preset with the given path. Unlike fselect() this widget will only
return a directory selection.
- RETURNS
a SCALAR if the response is OK and FALSE (0)
for anything else.
- EXAMPLE
$d->gauge_start( text => 'gauge...', percentage => 1 );
- DESCRIPTION
Display a meter bar to the user. This get's
the widget realized but requires the use of the other gauge_*() methods for
functionality.
- RETURNS
TRUE (1) if the widget loaded fine and FALSE
(0) for anything else.
- EXAMPLE
$d->gauge_inc( 1 );
- DESCRIPTION
Increment the meter by the given amount.
- RETURNS
TRUE (1) if the widget incremented fine and
FALSE (0) for anything else.
- EXAMPLE
$d->gauge_set( 99 );
- DESCRIPTION
Set the meter bar to the given amount.
- RETURNS
TRUE (1) if the widget set fine and FALSE (0)
for anything else.
- EXAMPLE
$d->gauge_end();
- DESCRIPTION
End the meter bar widget process. One of the
flaws with gdialog is that the gauge widget does not close properly and
requies the end user to close the gauge window when 100% has been reached.
This is the second reason why I'm glad gdialog is going the way of the
dodo.
- RETURNS
TRUE (1) if the widget closed fine and FALSE
(0) for anything else.
SEE ALSO¶
- PERLDOC
-
UI::Dialog UI::Dialog::GNOME UI::Dialog::Backend UI::Dialog::Backend::Nautilus UI::Dialog::Backend::XOSD
- MAN FILES
- gdialog(1)
BUGS¶
Please email the author with any bug reports. Include the name of the module in the subject line.AUTHOR¶
Kevin C. Krinke, <kckrinke@opendoorsoftware.com>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
Copyright (C) 2003 Kevin C. Krinke <kckrinke@opendoorsoftware.com>
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
2004-08-01 | perl v5.8.8 |