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WWWBrowser(3pm) 					User Contributed Perl Documentation					   WWWBrowser(3pm)

NAME

       WWWBrowser - platform independent means to start a WWW browser

SYNOPSIS

	   use WWWBrowser;
	   WWWBrowser::start_browser($url, -oldwindow => 1);

DESCRIPTION

   start_browser($url [, %args])
       Start a web browser with the specified URL. The process is started in background.

       The following optional parameters are recognized:

       -oldwindow => $bool
	   Normally, the URL is loaded into a new window, if possible. With "-oldwindow" set to a false window, "WWWBrowser" will try to re-use a
	   browser window.

       -browser => $browser
	   Use (preferebly) the named browser $browser. See "CONFIGURATION" for a some browser specialities. This option will only work for unix.

CONFIGURATION

       For unix, the global variable @WWWBrowser::unix_browsers can be set to a list of preferred web browsers. The following browsers are handled
       specially:

       lynx, w3m
	   Text oriented browsers, which are opened in an "xterm", "kvt" or "gnome-terminal" (if running under X11). If not running under X11,
	   then no background process is started.

       kfmclient
	   Use "openURL" method of kfm.

       netscape
	   Use "-remote" option to re-use a running netscape process, if possible.

       _default_gnome
	   Look into the "~/.gnome/Gnome" configuration file for the right browser.

       _default_kde
	   NYI.

       The following variables can be defined globally in the main package:

       $os Short name of operating system ("win", "mac" or "unix").

       &status_messages
	   Error handling function (instead of default "warn").

REQUIREMENTS

       For Windows, the Win32Util module should be installed in the path.

AUTHOR

       Slaven Rezic <slaven@rezic.de>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 1999,2000,2001,2003 Slaven Rezic. All rights reserved.  This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
       it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       Win32Util.

perl v5.10.0							    2009-03-10							   WWWBrowser(3pm)

TKPOD(1p)						User Contributed Perl Documentation						 TKPOD(1p)

NAME

       tkpod - Perl/Tk Pod browser

SYNOPSIS

	   tkpod   [-tk] [[-no]tree] [-Mblib] [-I dir] [-d|debug] [-s|server]
		   [-filedialog module]
		   [-f function | -q FAQRegex | directory | name [...]]

DESCRIPTION

       tkpod is a simple Pod browser with hypertext capabilities.  Pod (Plain Old Document) is a simple and readable markup language that could be
       mixed with perl code.

       Pods are searched by default in @INC and $ENV{PATH}. Directories listed on the command line or with the -I option are added to the default
       search path.

       For each "name" listed on the command line tkpod tries to find Pod in "name", "name.pod" and "name.pm" in the search path.  For each "name"
       a new Pod browser window is opened.

       If no "name" is listed, then the main "perl" pod is opened instead.

OPTIONS

       -tree
	   When specified, "tkpod" will show a tree window with all available Pods on the local host. However, this may be slow on startup,
	   especially first time because there is no cache yet. You can always turn on the tree view with the menu entry 'View' -> 'Pod Tree'.

       -tk Useful for perl/Tk documentation.  When specified it adds all "Tk" subdirectories in @INC to the Pod search path.   This way when
	   "Scrolled" is selected in the browser the "Tk/Scrolled" documentation is found.

       -s or -server
	   Start "tkpod" in server mode. Subsequent calls to "tkpod" (without the -s option) will cause to load the requested Pods into the server
	   program, thus minimizing startup time and memory usage. Note that there is no access control, so this might be a security hole!

       -d or -debug
	   Turn debugging on.

       -Mblib
	   Add the "blib" directories under the current directory to the Pod search path.

       -I dir
	   Add another directory to the Pod search path. Note that the space is mandatory.

       -f function
	   Show documentation for function.

       -q FAQRegex
	   Show the FAQ entry matching FAQRegex.

       -filedialog module
	   Use an alternative file dialog module, e.g. Tk::FileSelect, Tk::FBox or Tk::PathEntry::Dialog.

USAGE

       How to navigate with the Pod browser is described in Tk::Pod_usage.  It's also accessible via the menu 'Help' -> 'Usage...'.

ENVIRONMENT

       TKPODPORT
	   Force a port for tkpod's server mode.

       TKPODDIRS
	   A list of directories (on Unix usually separated by ":", on Windows by ";") for additional Pod directories. These directories will
	   appear in the "local dirs" section of the tree view.

       See "Environment" in Tk::Pod::Text and "Environment" in Tk::Pod::FindPods for more environment variables.

KNOWN BUGS

       see Tk::Pod::Text

SEE ALSO

       perlpod pod2man pod2text pod2html Tk::Pod Tk::Pod::Text Tk::Pod::Tree

AUTHOR

       Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ni-s.u-net.com>

       Former maintainer: Achim Bohnet <ach@mpe.mpg.de>.

       Code currently maintained by Slaven Rezic <slaven@rezic.de>.

       Copyright (c) 1997-1998 Nick Ing-Simmons.  All rights reserved.	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-03-04								 TKPOD(1p)