1build::Keysyms(3)     User Contributed Perl Documentation    build::Keysyms(3)
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NAME

6       Gtk2::Gdk::Keysyms - key codes for Gtk2 programs
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SYNOPSIS

9        use Gtk2;
10        use Gtk2::Gdk::Keysyms;
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12        #
13        # the most common use is for deciphering keycodes in key events,
14        # like this:
15        #
16        sub key_press_handler {
17                my ($widget, $event) = @_;
18                if ($event->keyval == $Gtk2::Gdk::Keysyms{Escape}) {
19                        abort_whatever ();
20                        return 1;
21                elsif ($event->keyval == $Gtk2::Gdk::Keysyms{F1}) {
22                        do_help_thing ();
23                        return 1;
24                elsif ($event->keyval == $Gtk2::Gdk::Keysyms{KP_Enter}) {
25                        execute_selected_text_as_command ();
26                        return 1;
27                }
28                # we didn't handle it, pass it on...
29                return 0;
30        }
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DESCRIPTION

33       Gdk defines symbolic names for the codes associated with each key on a
34       keyboard, so that you don't go nuts with numeric values in your pro‐
35       grams.  The hash %Gtk2::Gdk::Keysyms holds all those keycodes, indexed
36       by the name, for use in your perl programs when you need to do custom
37       key handling.  This commonly occurs when you want to bind an action to
38       a key that isn't usable as an accelerator, or when you don't have
39       accelerators, or if you're trying to write an easter egg, or whatever.
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41       As the list of keycodes is quite large and rather rarely used in appli‐
42       cation code, we've put it in a separately-loaded module to save space.
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44       To get a list of all available keys, either dump %Gtk2::Gdk::Keysyms,
45       or look at the source of this module with "perldoc -m
46       Gtk2::Gdk::Keysyms".
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AUTHOR

49       This module was automatically generated by a very simple perl script
50       from gdk/gdkkeysyms.h.  Programs that write programs are the happiest
51       programs of all.
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54       Copyright (C) 2003 by the gtk2-perl team (see the file AUTHORS for the
55       full list)
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57       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
58       under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published
59       by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
60       (at your option) any later version.
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62       This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
63       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER‐
64       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Library
65       General Public License for more details.
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67       You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
68       License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
69       Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
70       USA.
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SEE ALSO

73       perl(1), Gtk2(3pm)
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77perl v5.8.8                       2007-03-18                 build::Keysyms(3)
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