UI::Dialog is a OOPerl wrapper for the various dialog applications. These dialog backends are currently supported: Zenity, GDialog, XDialog, KDialog, CDialog, and Whiptail. There is also an ASCII backend provided as a last resort interface for the console based dialog variants. UI::Dialog is a class that provides a strict interface to these various backend modules. By using UI:Dialog (with it's imposed limitations on the widgets) you can ensure that your Perl program will function with any available interfaces.
UI::Dialog supports priority ordering of the backend detection process. So if you'd prefer that Xdialog should be used first if available, simply designate the desired order when creating the new object. The default order for detecting and utilization of the backends are as follows: (with DISPLAY env): Zenity, GDialog, XDialog, KDialog (without DISPLAY): CDialog, Whiptail, ASCII
UI::Dialog is the result of a complete re-write of the UDPM CPAN module. This was done to break away from the bad choice of name (UserDialogPerlModule) and to implement a cleaner, more detached, OOPerl interface.
INSTALLATION
To install this module type the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
PROVIDES
This module provides these classes, each with it's own perldoc:
UI::Dialog
UI::Dialog::Backend
UI::Dialog::Backend::ASCII
UI::Dialog::Backend::CDialog
UI::Dialog::Backend::GDialog
UI::Dialog::Backend::KDialog
UI::Dialog::Backend::Nautilus
UI::Dialog::Backend::Whiptail
UI::Dialog::Backend::XDialog
UI::Dialog::Backend::XOSD
UI::Dialog::Backend::Zenity
UI::Dialog::Console
UI::Dialog::GNOME
UI::Dialog::KDE
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
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