Provided by: libui-dialog-perl_1.21-0.1_all bug

NAME

       UI::Dialog::Backend::ASCII - Dialog backend for the native Perl mode of basic text.

SYNOPSIS

         use UI::Dialog::Backend::ASCII;
         my $d = new UI::Dialog::Backend::ASCII ( backtitle => 'Demo',
                                                  title => 'Default' );

         $d->msgbox( title => 'Welcome!', text => 'Welcome one and all!' );

ABSTRACT

       UI::Dialog::Backend::ASCII is the UI::Dialog backend for the native Perl mode of basic
       text. The widgets are very much "rigid" in that the width and height arguments are
       completely ignored.

DESCRIPTION

       This backend is intended as a last resort mechanism in that no other dialog variant has
       been found and so this, the most absolute of bargain basement dialog variant interfaces,
       is used instead.

EXPORT

       None

INHERITS

       UI::Dialog::Backend

CONSTRUCTOR

   new( @options )
       EXAMPLE
            my $d = new UI::Dialog::Backend::ASCII ( title => 'Default Title',
                                                     backtitle => 'Backtitle'
                                                   );

       DESCRIPTION
                 This is the Class Constructor method. It accepts a list of key => value pairs
                 and uses them as the defaults when interacting with the various widgets.

       RETURNS
                 A blessed object reference of the UI::Dialog::Backend::ASCII class.

       OPTIONS
           The (...)'s after each option indicate the default for the option.

           debug = 0,1,2 (0)
           literal = 0,1 (0)
           backtitle = "backtitle" ('')
           title = "title" ('')
           nocancel = 0,1 (0)
           defaultno = 0,1 (0)
           beepbefore = 0,1 (0)
           beepafter = 0,1 (0)
           extra-button = 0,1 (0)
           extra-label = "extra label" (0)
           help-button = 0,1 (0)
           help-label = "help label" (0)
           maxinput = \d+ (0)
           autoclear = 0,1 (0)
           pager = "/usr/bin/pager" ('/usr/bin/pager')
           stty = "/usr/bin/stty" ('/usr/bin/stty')

WIDGET METHODS

   yesno( )
       EXAMPLE
            if ($d->yesno( text => 'A binary type question?') ) {
                # user pressed yes
            } else {
                # user pressed no or cancel
            }

       DESCRIPTION
                 Present the end user with a message box that has two buttons, yes and no.

       RETURNS
                 TRUE (1) for a response of YES or FALSE (0) for anything else.

   msgbox( )
       EXAMPLE
            $d->msgbox( text => 'A simple message' );

       DESCRIPTION
                 Pesent the end user with a message box that has an OK button.

       RETURNS
                 TRUE (1) for a response of OK or FALSE (0) for anything else.

   infobox( )
       EXAMPLE
            $d->infobox( text => 'A simple 6 second message.', timeout => 6000 );

       DESCRIPTION
                 Pesent the end user with a message box for a limited duration of time. The
                 timeout is specified in thousandths of a second, ie: 1000 = 1 second.

       RETURNS
                 TRUE (1) for a response of OK or FALSE (0) for anything else.

   password( )
       EXAMPLE
            my $string = $d->password( text => 'Enter some (hidden) text.' );

       DESCRIPTION
                 Present the end user with a text input field that doesn't reveal the input
                 (except to the script) and a message.

       RETURNS
                 a SCALAR if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

   inputbox( )
       EXAMPLE
            my $string = $d->inputbox( text => 'Please enter some text...',
                                       entry => 'this is the input field' );

       DESCRIPTION
                 Present the end user with a text input field and a message.

       RETURNS
                 a SCALAR if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

   textbox( )
       EXAMPLE
            $d->textbox( path => '/path/to/a/text/file' );

       DESCRIPTION
                 Present the end user with a simple scrolling box containing the contents of the
                 given text file.

       RETURNS
                 TRUE (1) if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

   menu( )
       EXAMPLE
            my $selection1 = $d->menu( text => 'Select one:',
                                       list => [ 'tag1', 'item1',
                                                 'tag2', 'item2',
                                                 'tag3', 'item3' ]
                                     );

       DESCRIPTION
                 Present the user with a selectable list.

       RETURNS
                 a SCALAR of the chosen tag if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything
                 else.

   checklist( )
       EXAMPLE
            my @selection = $d->checklist( text => 'Select one:',
                                           list => [ 'tag1', [ 'item1', 0 ],
                                                     'tag2', [ 'item2', 1 ],
                                                     'tag3', [ 'item3', 1 ] ]
                                         );

       DESCRIPTION
                 Present the user with a selectable checklist.

       RETURNS
                 an ARRAY of the chosen tags if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything
                 else.

   radiolist( )
       EXAMPLE
            my $selection = $d->radiolist( text => 'Select one:',
                                           list => [ 'tag1', [ 'item1', 0 ],
                                                     'tag2', [ 'item2', 1 ],
                                                     'tag3', [ 'item3', 0 ] ]
                                         );

       DESCRIPTION
                 Present the user with a selectable radiolist.

       RETURNS
                 a SCALAR of the chosen tag if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything
                 else.

   fselect( )
       EXAMPLE
            my $text = $d->fselect( path => '/path/to/a/file/or/directory' );

       DESCRIPTION
                 Present the user with a file selection widget preset with the given path.

       RETURNS
                 a SCALAR if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

   dselect( )
       EXAMPLE
            my $text = $d->dselect( path => '/path/to/a/file/or/directory' );

       DESCRIPTION
                 Present the user with a file selection widget preset with the given path.
                 Unlike fselect() this widget will only return a directory selection.

       RETURNS
                 a SCALAR if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

   spinner( )
       EXAMPLE
            print STDOUT "spinner... ";
            for (20,40,60,80,100) { print $d->spinner(); sleep(1); }
            print STDOUT "\bdone.\n";

       DESCRIPTION
                 Return the next character in the spin sequence prefixed with a backspace (\b)
                 character. The spinner is made up of four ASCII characters; | (pipe), \ (back
                 slash), / (forward slash), - (hyphen).

                 The complete sequence is as follows:

                  |
                  /
                  -
                  \
                  |
                  /
                  -
                  \

       RETURNS
                 A two character SCALAR.

   draw_gauge( )
       EXAMPLE
            foreach my $i (20,40,60,80,100) {
              last unless $d->draw_gauge( bar => "-", mark => "|", length => 74,
                                          percent => $i );
              sleep(1);
            }

            foreach my $i (200,500,10000,12000,12345) {
              last unless $d->draw_gauge( bar => "-", mark => "|", length => 74,
                                          current => $i, total => 12345 );
              sleep(1);
            }

       DESCRIPTION
                 Draw a meter bar with a position indicator. You can specify alternate characters
                 for use as the meter bar itself (default is "-") and the positional marker
                 (default to "|") as well as an arbitrary length to the bar itself.

                 There are two different ways to present the bar, either by specifying the
                 percentage to display or by specifying the current and total values and and the
                 widget will figure out the percentage for you.

       RETURNS
                 None.

   end_gauge( )
       EXAMPLE
            $d->end_gauge();

       DESCRIPTION
                 Simply print a newline for use when the finished with the draw_gauge() widget as
                 that leaves the cursor at the end of the last line of output.

       RETURNS
                 None.

SEE ALSO

       PERLDOC
          UI::Dialog
          UI::Dialog::Backend
          UI::Dialog::Console

       MAN FILES
         pager(1), less(1), more(1), stty(1)

BUGS

       Please email the author with any bug reports. Include the name of the module in the
       subject line.

AUTHOR

       Kevin C. Krinke, <kevin@krinke.ca>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

        Copyright (C) 2004-2016  Kevin C. Krinke <kevin@krinke.ca>

        This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
        modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
        License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
        version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

        This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
        but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
        MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
        Lesser General Public License for more details.

        You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
        License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
        Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA