Ahhh. Not comparing apples to apples. That does make a difference. I need to get me a good Tk book and learn it proper, heh?
Mike > Mike, > > That is because you are mixing threads. You pggybacked your issue on a thread > initiated by > Vinesh Vargese, concerning the Tk::Text widget, as specified in the title bar. The > sample > code you tried had do with getting standard output redirected to a Tk widget, though > Zentara chose a Listbox rather than a Text widget to display the text. The Listbox > widget > does not have built-in copy-and-paste functionality. Such functionality would be > much more > dificult to define in a generic sense for a listbox. > > This is actualy the question I posed at the end of my post. I corrected your > top-posting > above so you could see in context. No, this is not a Text widget. I think this is > by > design. Zentara provided sample code to demonstrate the difference between Tk > display text > and standard output. I don't think he had any intention of handing anyone a > completed > assignment. > > A simpler example, which does not deal with the original question, but which does > show the > functionality you are interested in: > > Greetings! E:\d_drive\perlStuff>perl -w > use Tk; > > my $win = MainWindow->new(-title => 'This Text Copies Right'); > my $text = $win->Text->pack(-expand => 'both'); > MainLoop; > ^Z > > Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>