NAME

Hints::X - Perl extension for dialog for showing hints from hints databases

SYNOPSIS

use Tk;
use Hints;
use Hints::X;

my $mw = new Tk;

my $hints = new Hints;
$hints->load_from_file('my.hints');

my $xhints = new Hints::X (-hints => $hints, -mw => $mw);
$xhints->show;

DESCRIPTION

This module use Hints(3) module for showing its database in X dialog. For X interface is Perl/Tk used.

THE HINTS::X CLASS

new

Constructor create dialog with database and controls. You must specify Hints(3) instance for handling hints database and widget of Tk main window.

my $xhints = new Hints::X (-hints => $hints, -mw => $mw);

show

Show window with hints.

$xhints->show;

hide

Hide window with hints.

$xhints->hide;

showed

Is window with hints open and visible?

do_something() if $xhints->showed;

geometry

Wrapper for Tk::Widget geometry method.

my $geom = $xhints->geometry;

default_geometry

Defaults values for geometry().

$xhints->geometry($xhints->default_geometry);

VERSION

0.02

AUTHOR

(c) 2001 Milan Sorm, sorm@pef.mendelu.cz at Faculty of Economics, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Czech Republic.

This module was needed for making SchemaView Plus (svplus) for making user-friendly hints interface.

SEE ALSO

perl(1), svplus(1), Hints(3), Tk(3).