In Chapter 15, "Anatomy of the MainLoop", we discussed the Tk:ExecuteCommand program. Here it is in its entirety; see Figure 15-1 for a demonstration.
$Tk::ExecuteCommand::VERSION = '1.1';
package Tk::ExecuteCommand;
use IO::Handle;
use Proc::Killfam;
#use Tk::widgets qw/LabEntry ROText/;
use Tk::widgets qw/ROText/;
use base qw/Tk::Frame/;
use strict;
Construct Tk::Widget 'ExecuteCommand';
sub Populate {
my($self, $args) = @_;
$self->SUPER::Populate($args);
my $f1 = $self->Frame->pack;
$f1->LabEntry(
-label => 'Command to Execute',
-labelPack => [qw/-side left/],
-textvariable => \$self->{-command},
)->pack(qw/-side left/);
my $doit = $f1->Button(-text => 'Do It!')->pack(qw/-side left/);
$self->Advertise('doit' => $doit);
$self->_reset_doit_button;
$self->Frame->pack(qw/pady 10/);
$self->Label(-text => 'Command\'s stdout and stderr')->pack;
my $text = $self->Scrolled('ROText', -wrap => 'none');
$text->pack(qw/-expand 1 -fill both/);
$self->Advertise('text' => $text);
$self->OnDestroy([$self => 'kill_command']);
$self->{-finish} = 0;
$self->ConfigSpecs(
-command => [qw/METHOD command Command/, 'sleep 5; pwd'],
);
} # end Populate
sub command {
my($self, $command) = @_;
$self->{-command} = $command;
} # end command
sub _flash_doit {
# Flash "Do It" by alternating its background color.
my($self, $option, $val1, $val2, $interval) = @_;
if ($self->{-finish} == 0) {
$self->Subwidget('doit')->configure($option => $val1);
$self->idletasks;
$self->after($interval, [\&_flash_doit, $self, $option, $val2,
$val1, $interval]);
}
} # end _flash_doit
sub _read_stdout {
# Called when input is available for the output window. Also checks
# to see if the user has clicked Cancel.
my($self) = @_;
if ($self->{-finish}) {
$self->kill_command;
} else {
my $h = $self->{-handle};
if ( sysread $h, $_, 4096 ) {
my $t = $self->Subwidget('text');
$t->insert('end', $_);
$t->yview('end');
} else {
$self->{-finish} = 1;
}
}
} # end _read_stdout
sub _reset_doit_button {
# Establish normal "Do It" button parameters.
my($self) = @_;
my $doit = $self->Subwidget('doit');
my $doit_bg = ($doit->configure(-background))[3];
$doit->configure(
-text => 'Do It',
-relief => 'raised',
-background => $doit_bg,
-state => 'normal',
-command => [sub {
my($self) = @_;
$self->{-finish} = 0;
$self->Subwidget('doit')->configure(
-text => 'Working ...',
-relief => 'sunken',
-state => 'disabled'
);
$self->execute_command;
}, $self],
);
} # end _reset_doit_button
# Public methods.
sub execute_command {
# Execute the command and capture stdout/stderr.
my($self) = @_;
my $h = IO::Handle->new;
die "IO::Handle->new failed." unless defined $h;
$self->{-handle} = $h;
$self->{-pid} = open $h, $self->{-command} . ' 2>&1 |';
if (not defined $self->{-pid}) {
$self->Subwidget('text')->insert('end',
"'" . $self->{-command} . "' : $!\n");
$self->kill_command;
return;
}
$h->autoflush(1);
$self->fileevent($h, 'readable' => [\&_read_stdout, $self]);
my $doit = $self->Subwidget('doit');
$doit->configure(
-text => 'Cancel',
-relief => 'raised',
-state => 'normal',
-command => [\&kill_command, $self],
);
my $doit_bg = ($doit->configure(-background))[3];
$self->_flash_doit(-background => $doit_bg, qw/cyan 500/);
} # end execute_command
sub kill_command {
# A click on the blinking Cancel button resumes normal operations.
my($self) = @_;
$self->{-finish} = 1;
my $h = $self->{-handle};
return unless defined $h;
$self->fileevent($h, 'readable' => ''); # clear handler
killfam 'TERM', $self->{-pid} if defined $self->{-pid};
close $h;
$self->_reset_doit_button;
} # end kill_command
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
Tk::ExecuteCommand - execute a command asynchronously (non-blocking).
=for pm Tk/ExecuteCommand.pm
=for category Widgets
=head1 SYNOPSIS
S< >I<$exec> = I<$parent>-E<gt>B<ExecuteCommand>;
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Tk::ExecuteCommand runs a command yet still allows Tk events to flow. All
command output and errors are displayed in a window.
This ExecuteCommand mega widget is composed of an LabEntry widget for
command entry, a "Do It" Button that initiates command execution, and
a ROText widget that collects command execution output.
While the command is executing, the "Do It" Button changes to a "Cancel"
Button that can prematurely kill the executing command. The B<kill_command>
method does the same thing programmatically.
=over 4
=item B<-command>
The command to execute asynchronously.
=back
=head1 METHODS
=over 4
=item C<$exec-E<gt>B<execute_command>;>
Initiates command execution.
=item C<$exec-E<gt>B<kill_command>;>
Terminates the command. This subroutine is called automatically via an
OnDestroy handler when the ExecuteCommand widget goes away.
=back
=head1 EXAMPLE
I<$exec> = I<$mw>-E<gt>B<ExecuteCommand>;
=head1 KEYWORDS
exec, command, fork, asynchronous, non-blocking, widget
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999 - 2001 Stephen O. Lidie. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
=cut
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