Code Index:

package Prima
- XOpenDisplay
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NAME

Prima::noX11 - Use Prima without X11

SYNOPSIS

   use Prima::noX11;
   use Prima;

   my $error = Prima::XOpenDisplay();
   if ( defined $error) {
        print "not connected to display: $error\n";
   } else {
   	print "connected to display\n";
   }

DESCRIPTION

Prima will by default connect to X11 server on unix. To use Prima functionality in modules or programs where this default behavior is undesired, please follow the guidelines below.

No connection

In the beginning of a script or a module that is never intended to connect to X11 display, add this:

  use Prima::noX11;
  use Prima;

It will be possible to connect to X11 server later on manually.

Manual connect to X11

If connection to X11 is optional, use this code after use Prima::noX11 was invoked:

   my $error = Prima::XOpenDisplay();
   if ( defined $error) {
        print "not connected to display: $error\n";
   } else {
   	print "connected to display\n";
   }

Checking if GUI functionality is accesiible.

Without X11 connection, no GUI functionality such as screen grabbing will be accessible. In addition to that functionality, windowing functions will only become accessible after Prima::Application creates a single instance $::application.

Therefore, if $::application is defined, then all GUI functions can be safely used. If, on the contrary, it is not defined, initiate it as this:

        unless ( $::application) {
                my $error = Prima::XOpenDisplay();
                die $error if defined $error;
                require Prima::Application;
                import Prima::Application;
        }

AUTHOR

Dmitry Karasik, <dmitry@karasik.eu.org>.

# # Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The Protein Laboratory, University of Copenhagen # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions # are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the # documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. # # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND # ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE # IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE # ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE # FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL # DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS # OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) # HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT # LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY # OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF # SUCH DAMAGE. # # Created by Dmitry Karasik <dmitry@karasik.eu.org> # # $Id$ # # Initializes Prima in no-X11 environment package Prima; push @preload, argv => '--no-x11' unless $^O =~ /(win32|cygwin|os2)/; sub XOpenDisplay { return undef if $^O =~ /(win32|cygwin|os2)/i; Prima::options( 'display', $_[0]) if @_; return Prima::Application::sys_action( 'Prima::Application', 'XOpenDisplay'); } 1; __DATA__