Perl / Tk Pocket Reference Pocket Reference Graphical User Interfaces - Stephen Lidie - Second - 1998 - Paperback - O'reilly

Perl / Tk Pocket Reference Pocket Reference Graphical User Interfaces O'Reilly

Programming Languages / UNIX

The Perl/Tk Pocket Reference is, a companion volume to Learning Perl/Tk, an O'Reilly Animal Guide. Learning Perl/Tk is a tutorial for Perl/Tk, the extension to Perl for creating graphical user interfaces, written by Nick Ing-Simmons. With Tk. Perl programs can be window-based rather than command-line based, with buttons, entry fields, listboxes, menus, scrollbars, balloons, tables, dialogs, and more. And Perl/Tk programs run on UNIX and Windows-based computers.

This small book is a handy reference guide geared towards the advanced Perl/Tk programmer. Novice Perl/Tk programmers will find its compact size gives them a global view of Perl/Tk's capabilities; they can then turn to Learning Perl/Tk for details. The Perl/Tk Pocket Reference describes every Perl/Tk graphical element, including general widget and variable information, callbacks, geometry management, bindings, events, and window management, as well as composite widget, font, and image creation and manipulation commands.

Stephen lidie has spent decades consulting, programming, and administering systems from Apple, CDC, DEC, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and SGI. He currently manages Lehigh University's large-scale scientific computing complex, and occasionally writes Tk articles for The Perl Journal.

Contents

Introduction
Conventions
01. General Perl/Tk Widget Information
02. Perl/Tk Special Variables
03. Widget Scroll Commands
04. The Canvas Widget
05. The Entry Widget
06. The Listbox Widget
07. The Menu Widget
08. The Text Widget
09. Other Standard Widgets
10. Perl/Tk Widgets
11. Composite and Derived Widgets
12. Images
13. Window Information
14. The Window Manager
15. Bindings and Virtual Events
16. Geometry Management
17. Fonts
18. Other Perl/Tk Commands

Index