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-- $Id: README,v 1.4 2003/12/10 22:42:38 tom Exp $

Cdk Perl5 Extension,
Mike Glover, Copyright 1995-1999
Thomas Dickey modifications copyright 1999-2002, 2003

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This is the Perl5 extension to the Cdk library written by Mike Glover. See MANIFEST for a list of files provided with this extension. See COPYING for the licensing terms for this package. See

        http://invisible-island.net/cdk/
        ftp://invisible-island.net/cdk/

for the current version of this package.

How to build/install:

1. Make sure that Cdk (the C library libcdk and its header files) are installed. Normally those are

   /usr/local/include/cdk/cdk.h (and other files) /usr/local/lib/libcdk.a (and perhaps a shared-library)

2. Modify Makefile.PL as needed to tell the compiler where to find the Cdk library and header files. In particular, these values may require change:
   • LIBS tells the compiler where to find the Cdk and curses libraries. Just change the -L paths to reflect what is on your system. Leave the -lcdk and -lcurses. You may have to change -lcurses to -lncurses, for instance.
   • INC tells the compiler where to find the header files. Just change the -I paths to reflect what is on your system.
3. If your version of perl supports dynamic loading, it is simple to

   add new packages. Run these commands

   perl Makefile.PL make install to generate a makefile for your configuration, build and install the extension. (The process of building perl with statically loaded extensions is more complicated).

Testing the Cdk extension:

There are several examples in the subdirectories of this package:

demo

contains a few simple application programs. examples

contains scripts which demonstrate each widget separately. fulldemo

combines all of the widgets into a menu-driven application.