NAME
X::Osd - Perl extension to the X On Screen Display library (xosd)
SYNOPSIS
use X::Osd;
my $osd = X::Osd->new("-*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-*-250-*-*-*-*-*-*","Green",3,XOSD_top,1,2);
$osd->string(0,'Hello World!');
$osd->percentage(0,56);
$osd->slider(0,34);
DESCRIPTION
XOSD displays text on your screen, sounds simple right? The difference
is it is unmanaged and shaped, so it appears transparent. This gives the
effect of an On Screen Display, like your TV/VCR etc..
It currently supports 3 type of writes, string for simple text, slider
and percentage display.
You need to have libxosd installed. You can get it from
http://www.ignavus.net/software.html
EXPORT
None by default.
Exported constants
XOSD_top
XOSD_bottom
Exportable functions
*new(font,colour,timeout,position,offset,shadow_offset)
where pos is one of (XOSD_top, XOSD_bottom)
* string(line,string)
* percentage(line,percentage)
where percentage is between 0 and 100
*slider(line,percentage)
where percentage is between 0 and 100
* get_colour(red,green,blue)
* hide()
* show()
* set_colour(color)
* set_font(font)
* set_offset(offset)
* set_pos(pos)
where pos is one of (XOSD_top, XOSD_bottom)
* set_shadow_offset(shadow_offset)
* set_timeout(timeout()
AUTHOR
Philippe M. Chiasson <
[email protected]>
VERSION
This is revision $Id: Osd.pm,v 1.6 2001/04/27 17:17:31 gozer Exp $
CVS
The CVS repository of X::Osd is avaliabe thru anoncvs at:
$> cvs -d:pserver:
[email protected]:/home/cvs/local login
password: anoncvs
$> cvs -d:pserver:
[email protected]:/home/cvs/local checkout X-Osd
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2001 Philippe M. Chiasson. All rights reserved. This
program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
the perl manpage
Home & Author of XOSD
http://www.ignavus.net/software.html
<
[email protected]>
