NAME
Tk::More - a 'more' or 'less' like text widget
SYNOPSIS
use Tk::More;
$more = $parent->More(...text widget options ...);
$more->Load(FILENAME);DESCRIPTION
Tk::More is a readonly text widget with additional key bindings as found in UNI* command line tools more or less. As in more an additional status/command line is added at the bottom.
ADDITIONAL BINDINGS
- Key-g or Home
-
goto beginning of file
- Key-G or End
-
goto end of file
- Key-f or Next
-
forward screen
- Key-b or Prior
-
backward screen
- Key-k or Up
-
up one line
- Key-j or Down
-
down one line
- Key-/
-
search forward
- Key-?
-
search backward
- Key-n
-
find next match
- Key-N
-
find previous match
- Key-u
-
up half screen
- Key-d
-
down half screen
- Key-Return
-
down one line
- Key-h
-
invoke help window
OPTIONS
- Name: fixedFont
- Class: FixedFont
- Switch: -font
-
Set the font of the viewer widget. This is by default a fixed font.
- Name: searchCase
- Class: SearchCase
- Switch: -searchcase
-
Set if searching should be done case-insensitive. Defaults to true.
- Switch: -helpcommand
-
Sets the command for the "h" (help) key.
METHODS
- Load($file, %args)
-
Load $file into the widget. %args may be one of the following
- AddQuitBinding
-
Convenience method to add the bindinds Key-q and Control-Key-q to close the Toplevel window containing this More widget.
BUGS
Besides that most of more bindings are not implemented. This bugs me most (high to low priority):
* better status line implementation
* Cursor movement: up/down move displayed area regardless where insert cursor is
* add History, Load, Search (also as popup menu)
SEE ALSO
Tk::ROText, more(1), tkmore, less(1)
AUTHOR
Achim Bohnet <ach@mpe.mpg.de>
Currently maintained by Slaven Rezic <slaven@rezic.de>.
Copyright (c) 1997-1998 Achim Bohnet. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.