NAME¶
Tk::IO - high level interface to Tk's 'fileevent' mechanism
SYNOPSIS¶
my $fh = Tk::IO->new(-linecommand => callback, -childcommand => callback);
$fh->exec("command")
$fh->wait
$fh->kill
WARNING¶
INTERFACES TO THIS MODULE MAY CHANGE AS PERL'S IO EVOLVES AND WITH PORT OF TK4.1
DESCRIPTION¶
Tk::IO is now layered on perl's IO::Handle class. Interfaces have changed, and
are still evolving.
In theory C methods which enable non-blocking IO as in earlier Tk-b* release(s)
are still there. I have not changed them to use perl's additional Configure
information, or tested them much.
Assumption is that
exec is used to fork a child process and a callback is
called each time a complete line arrives up the implied pipe.
"line" should probably be defined in terms of perl's input record
separator but is not yet.
The -childcommand callback is called when end-of-file occurs.
$fh->
wait can be used to wait for child process while processing
other Tk events.
$fh->
kill can be used to send signal to child process.
BUGS¶
Still not finished. Idea is to use "exec" to emulate
"system" in a non-blocking manner.