Introducing Inform, was Re: zenity sub
This request actually was something I wanted a lot, but since experimenting with GTK::Simple, something seemed possible. Hence the Inform (actually Informative) module. It's in the modules ecosystem and installs with Panda. (Panda install Inform) To get a popup dialog box inside a Perl 6 program: use Informative; ... inform( "You have mails waiting"); Other options include adding buttons and entry widgets (which will also handle passwords). Not as complex as zenity. But directly answering the question posed by ToddAndMargo inform( $InfoText, :title($ExtraTitle)); Richard Hainsworth On Thursday, December 01, 2016 08:00 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, In Perl 6 running on Linux, what would be the best way to get rid of the following system informational pop up (this from a bash script)? I other words, how do I do a window pop up in Perl6 for Linux? zenity --info --title="$0 $ExtraTitle" --text "$InfoText" Many thanks, -T
Re: zenity sub
On 12/01/2016 12:19 PM, Timo Paulssen wrote: But I suggest using qx for calling the zenity binary from your system. Actually, I though it would be good training. Sometimes doing things the hard way teaches you something. -- ~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~
Re: zenity sub
On 12/01/2016 12:19 PM, Timo Paulssen wrote: Surely you could already build a decent zenity-like in Perl 6 using GTK::Simple. But I suggest using qx for calling the zenity binary from your system. - Timo And examples too! :-) https://github.com/perl6/gtk-simple/tree/master/examples Thank you! -- ~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~
Re: zenity sub
Surely you could already build a decent zenity-like in Perl 6 using GTK::Simple. But I suggest using qx for calling the zenity binary from your system. - Timo
Re: zenity sub
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote:
> Largely because making it work in native perl 6 is not all that trivial;
> that oh so "simple" popup has a full featured, mature widget toolkit and
> graphics interface behind it, and uses, or at least makes available, quite
> a few complex parts from it.
>
Also: the obvious answer is "use NativeCall!". Unfortunately, NativeCall
has been demonstrating why nobody else does FFI that way: it works fine for
simple types, but as soon as you are working with structs or struct
pointers you need to translate C headers to Perl 6 `is repr('CStruct')`,
including dealing with alignment rules that are so hairy that everyone else
pushes that part to the C compiler to deal with (including h2xs in the perl
5 world) because only the C compiler can consistently get it right. gtk3 is
complex enough that I would expect very few parts of it to NativeCall very
well; anything else would require a *lot* of work (and $DEITY help you with
the TreeView and TreeModel stuff...).
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Re: zenity sub
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 2:38 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > Quoting constructs as a perl 6replacement for zenity pop up windows? They're suggesting that, given an existing program specifically intended for providing pop-ups fo rother programs, why not use it? Largely because making it work in native perl 6 is not all that trivial; that oh so "simple" popup has a full featured, mature widget toolkit and graphics interface behind it, and uses, or at least makes available, quite a few complex parts from it. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allber...@gmail.com ballb...@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonadhttp://sinenomine.net
Re: zenity sub
On 12/01/2016 05:22 AM, Timo Paulssen wrote: Zenity is already meant to be run by other programs (like shell scripts). Please see these documentation pages for info about how to invoke existing programs: https://docs.perl6.org/syntax/qqx https://docs.perl6.org/language/quoting#Shell_quoting_with_interpolation:_qqx Hope that helps! - Timo Quoting constructs as a perl 6replacement for zenity pop up windows? I don't get it. This is zenity: http://linux.byexamples.com/archives/265/a-complete-zenity-dialog-examples-2/ -- ~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~
Re: zenity sub
Richard
On Thursday, December 01, 2016 08:00 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
Hi All,
In Perl 6 running on Linux, what would be the best way
to get rid of the following system informational pop up
(this from a bash script)? I other words, how do I
do a window pop up in Perl6 for Linux?
zenity --info --title="$0 $ExtraTitle" --text "$InfoText"
Many thanks,
-T
On 12/01/2016 04:18 AM, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
How about:
$perl6
> my $c = prompt("can I have some\n"); say "you told me: $c";
can I have some
indeed you are welcome
you told me: indeed you are welcome
>
explanation: perl6 runs REPL to try something out
prompt takes a string and prints it, waiting for a response, which it
returns.
say outputs it.
Is that what you want?
I was looking for a pop up window. I was looking perl 6
for a replacement zenity.
This is zenity:
http://linux.byexamples.com/archives/265/a-complete-zenity-dialog-examples-2/
--
~~
Computers are like air conditioners.
They malfunction when you open windows
~~
Re: zenity sub
Zenity is already meant to be run by other programs (like shell scripts). Please see these documentation pages for info about how to invoke existing programs: https://docs.perl6.org/syntax/qqx https://docs.perl6.org/language/quoting#Shell_quoting_with_interpolation:_qqx Hope that helps! - Timo
Re: zenity sub
How about:
$perl6
> my $c = prompt("can I have some\n"); say "you told me: $c";
can I have some
indeed you are welcome
you told me: indeed you are welcome
>
explanation: perl6 runs REPL to try something out
prompt takes a string and prints it, waiting for a response, which it
returns.
say outputs it.
Is that what you want?
Richard
On Thursday, December 01, 2016 08:00 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
Hi All,
In Perl 6 running on Linux, what would be the best way
to get rid of the following system informational pop up
(this from a bash script)? I other words, how do I
do a window pop up in Perl6 for Linux?
zenity --info --title="$0 $ExtraTitle" --text "$InfoText"
Many thanks,
-T
zenity sub
Hi All, In Perl 6 running on Linux, what would be the best way to get rid of the following system informational pop up (this from a bash script)? I other words, how do I do a window pop up in Perl6 for Linux? zenity --info --title="$0 $ExtraTitle" --text "$InfoText" Many thanks, -T -- ~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~
