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There are a few concepts that have to be understood before effecitively
writing applications using the Perl5 Cdk extension. This document will try
to clear the air on any 'funny' behavior you may experience using Cdk.
</U>Screens<!U>
Cdk uses a concept of a screen. When a widget is created it
automagically registers itself with the screen. When it dies it
automagically removes itself from the screen. If at any time you refresh
the screen, and a widget appears that you don't want, it means it is still
registered.
</U>Stricter Variable Localization<!U>
If you want a widget to remove itself from the screen, you can use the
Perl command </R>undef<!R> to destroy the widget object by hand. The easiest
method to do this is to use strict variable localization. (ie: only have the
widget variables exist as long as you need them to)
</U>Widget Mapping<!U>
Widget mapping is performed by the Cdk function </R>Cdk::refreshCdkScreen()<!R>.
This function remaps all the widgets it knows about. This almost
eradicates the need to call the object methods draw and erase. These are
included to remain as consistent and flexible as the C version.
</U>Character Input<!U>
To get character input yourself, the function </R>Cdk::getch()<!R> was
added. Though it is not meant to replace the standard method of getting
characters in Perl, it can be used still. The main reason why I included
this was to be consistent with Curses.
</U>Raw Mode<!U>
You can put the terminal into raw mode by calling </R>Cdk::raw()<!R>. This
allows you to interrupt special control characters like <CTRL>c, <CTRL>d
and <CTRL>z. To get out of raw mode call </R>Cdk::noraw()<!R>. This will
restore the terminal back.
<C><#HL(70)>
<C>Document Created: June, 1995
<C>Document Revised: November, 1995
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