[perl-win32-gui-hackers] Application that in installed in perl bin directory to start up samples

[Robert M. <rm...@po...>]

All,

On the plane last week I was struggling with something that I have been 
mulling over for a while - I want the samples/demos that we distribute 
to be more accessible.

Tk has as whole demo framework that can run demos from a app that is 
installed as a script in the perl bin directory - and hence is more 
often than not on the users path (try typing 'widget' at your command 
prompt)

I've knocked up a demo application that I think would be suitable 
(attached) - basically it finds the demos directory (based on the path 
of GUI.pm), reads in the demo files, displaying them in a tree-view, 
with a right hand panel that displays the source of the selected file, 
and a button to run the sample.

If you've got a build directory for the latest code, drop the attached 
file into the root directory and run:
   perl -Mblib win32-gui-demos.pl
to see what it does with the most recent current sample set (including 
the fixes I just committed).  If you don't have a most recent CVS build, 
then just run it, and see if you have any of the samples installed - but 
note that some of them are broken.

Is this a good thing to pursue?  Suggestions for changes or alternative 
approaches welcome.  A better name for the script would be good too!

Regards,
Rob.
-- 
Robert May
Win32::GUI, a perl extension for native Win32 applications
http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/