Prima::Utils - miscellanneous routines
The module contains several helper routines, implemented in both C and perl. Whereas the C-coded parts are accessible only if 'use Prima;' statement was issued prior to the 'use Prima::Utils' invocation, the perl-coded are always available. This makes the module valuable when used without the rest of toolkit code.
Invokes the system-depended sound and/or visual bell, corresponding to one of following constants:
mb::Error mb::Warning mb::Information mb::Question
Returns one of gui::XXX constants, reflecting the graphic user interface used in the system:
gui::XXX
gui::Default gui::PM gui::Windows gui::XLib gui::OpenLook gui::Motif
The meaning of the return value is somewhat vague, and might be deprecated in future releases.
Returns one of apc::XXX constants, reflecting the platfrom. Currently, the list of the supported platforms is:
apc::XXX
apc::Os2 apc::Win32 apc::Unix
Obsolete function.
Returns stdlib's ceil() of DOUBLE
Converts PATH from perl module notation into a file path, and searches for the file in @INC paths set. If a file is found, its full filename is returned; otherwise undef is returned.
@INC
undef
Returns stdlib's floor() of DOUBLE
Reads content of PATH directory and returns array of string pairs, where the first item is a file name, and the second is a file type.
The file type is a string, one of the following:
"fifo" - named pipe "chr" - character special file "dir" - directory "blk" - block special file "reg" - regular file "lnk" - symbolic link "sock" - socket "wht" - whiteout
This function was implemented for faster directory reading, to avoid successive call of stat for every file.
stat
If called with no parameters, returns path to a directory, usually ~/.prima, that can be used to contain the user settings of a toolkit module or a program. If FILE is specified, appends it to the path and returns the full file name. In the latter case the path is automatically created by File::Path::mkpath unless it already exists.
File::Path::mkpath
Returns anonymous array to drive letters, used by the system. FIRST_DRIVE can be set to other value to start enumeration from. Some OSes can probe eventual diskette drives inside the drive enumeration routines, so there is a chance to increase responsiveness of the function it might be reasonable to set FIRST_DRIVE to C: string.
C:
If the system supports no drive letters, empty array reference is returned ( unix ).
Returns one of dt::XXX constants, describing the type of drive, where DRIVE is a 1-character string. If there is no such drive, or the system supports no drive letters ( unix ), dt::None is returned.
dt::XXX
dt::None
dt::None dt::Unknown dt::Floppy dt::HDD dt::Network dt::CDROM dt::Memory
Issues a tone of FREQUENCY in Hz with DURATION in milliseconds.
Returns the login name of the user. Sometimes is preferred to the perl-provided getlogin ( see "getlogin" in perlfunc ) .
getlogin
Accepts COLOR string on one of the three formats:
#rgb #rrggbb #rrrgggbbb
and returns 24-bit RGB integer value.
Dmitry Karasik, <dmitry@karasik.eu.org>.
Prima
To install Prima, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Prima
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Prima
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.