> Date: 10 Feb 1999 11:38:30 -0600 > From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User Mailing List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: slashdot poll > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Bruno Boettcher writes: > > I never looked into vt-controls through perl, is there a way to make this > > nice blue&red fullscreen windows with perl? > > whiptail. >
whiptail flickers quite a bit between different screens. if that bothers you, you might want to use the library whiptail uses for its screens / widgets: libnewt it should be possible to write a perl frontend for it, dont know if its been done already. -leon -- Leon Breedt | Developer, Obsidian Systems | Debian 2.0 | Linux 2.2.1 WWW: http://www.obsidian.co.za | Tel: 011 792 6500 | Fax: 011 792 6522 Hackers do it with all sorts of characters.
