Displaying text formats in a text widget...

[Brennan, Corey]

I am trying to convert a script to Perl/Tk and I am having trouble.  I have
some formats defined 

example:

format  DATA_OUT_TOP = 
col1     col2     col3
---------------------------
.

format  DATA_OUT = 
@|||||    @|||||    @||||||
$text   $text1   $text2
.

And I am looking for a way to use them in a text widget.  Can these be used
or do I have to use a different method.  If this is possible, does anyone
have an example of how they did it.

Thanks