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NAME

X11::PngViewer - Png Viewer in X11

VERSION

Version 0.09

SYNOPSIS

    use X11::PngViewer();
    use File::HomeDir();
    use DirHandle();
    use File::Spec();
 
    my $viewer = X11::PngViewer->new();
    my $directory = File::HomeDir->my_pictures();
    my $handle = DirHandle->new($directory) or die "No slideshow from $directory:$!";
    while(my $entry = $handle->read()) {
        if ($entry =~ /[.]png/smx) {
            $viewer->show(File::Slurper::read_binary(File::Spec->catfile($directory, $entry)));
            sleep 1;
        }
    }
    

DESCRIPTION

This is a simple PNG image viewer for X11, intended for slideshows, etc.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new

This method creates a new X11 window at the maximum possible size, and if possible, full screens the new X11 window as well

show

This method accepts the contents of a PNG file, clears the X11 window and displays the image in the center of the X11 window

DIAGNOSTICS

Cannot connect to X server

The module was unable to connect to a X11 server. Check the contents of the DISPLAY environment variable.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

X11::PngViewer will use the DISPLAY variable to try to connect to an X Server.

DEPENDENCIES

X11::PngViewer requires no non-core Perl modules

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-x11-pngviewer@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

SEE ALSO

  • X11::Xlib

  • Image::PNG::Libpng

  • Time::Slideshow

AUTHOR

David Dick <ddick@cpan.org>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to the authors of the documentation in the following sources;

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2018, David Dick <ddick@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See "perlartistic" in perlartistic.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION.

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