- alarm $TIMEOUT, $SUB, @PARAMS
-
Calls SUB with PARAMS after TIMEOUT milliseconds.
- beep [ FLAGS = mb::Error ]
-
Invokes the system-depended sound and/or visual bell,
corresponding to one of following constants:
mb::Error
mb::Warning
mb::Information
mb::Question
- get_gui
-
Returns one of "gui::XXX" constants, reflecting the graphic
user interface used in the system:
gui::Default
gui::PM
gui::Windows
gui::XLib
gui::GTK2
- get_os
-
Returns one of "apc::XXX" constants, reflecting the platfrom.
Currently, the list of the supported platforms is:
apc::Os2
apc::Win32
apc::Unix
- ceil DOUBLE
-
Obsolete function.
Returns stdlib's ceil() of DOUBLE
- find_image PATH
-
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.
- floor DOUBLE
-
Obsolete function.
Returns stdlib's floor() of DOUBLE
- getdir PATH
-
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.
- path [ FILE ]
-
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.
- post $SUB, @PARAMS
-
Postpones a call to SUB with PARAMS until the next event loop tick.
- query_drives_map [ FIRST_DRIVE = "A:" ]
-
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.
If the system supports no drive letters, empty array reference is returned ( unix ).
- query_drive_type DRIVE
-
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::None
dt::Unknown
dt::Floppy
dt::HDD
dt::Network
dt::CDROM
dt::Memory
- sound [ FREQUENCY = 2000, DURATION = 100 ]
-
Issues a tone of FREQUENCY in Hz with DURATION in milliseconds.
- username
-
Returns the login name of the user.
Sometimes is preferred to the perl-provided "getlogin" ( see ``getlogin'' in perlfunc ) .
- xcolor COLOR
-
Accepts COLOR string on one of the three formats:
#rgb
#rrggbb
#rrrgggbbb
and returns 24-bit RGB integer value.