NAME
X11::PngViewer - Png Viewer in X11
VERSION
Version 0.09
SYNOPSIS
use X11::PngViewer();
use File::HomeDir();
use DirHandle();
use File::Spec();
my $viewer = X11::PngViewer->new();
my $directory = File::HomeDir->my_pictures();
my $handle = DirHandle->new($directory) or die "No slideshow from $directory:$!";
while(my $entry = $handle->read()) {
if ($entry =~ /[.]png/smx) {
$viewer->show(File::Slurper::read_binary(File::Spec->catfile($directory, $entry)));
sleep 1;
}
}
DESCRIPTION
This is a simple PNG image viewer for X11, intended for slideshows, etc.
SUBROUTINES/METHODS
new
This method creates a new X11 window at the maximum possible size, and if possible, full screens the new X11 window as well
show
This method accepts the contents of a PNG file, clears the X11 window and displays the image in the center of the X11 window
DIAGNOSTICS
Cannot connect to X server-
The module was unable to connect to a X11 server. Check the contents of the DISPLAY environment variable.
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
X11::PngViewer will use the DISPLAY variable to try to connect to an X Server.
DEPENDENCIES
X11::PngViewer requires no non-core Perl modules
INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-x11-pngviewer@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.
SEE ALSO
X11::Xlib
Image::PNG::Libpng
Time::Slideshow
AUTHOR
David Dick <ddick@cpan.org>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to the authors of the documentation in the following sources;
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2018, David Dick <ddick@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See "perlartistic" in perlartistic.
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