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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting test: argument expected Post 302415750 by Scott on Friday 23rd of April 2010 08:58:24 AM
Old 04-23-2010
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Originally Posted by methyl
@scottn
in general Korn Shell is not a POSIX shell but I believe that ksh93 is one.
I find the various inconsistent implementations of POSIX "standards" over the years tiresome and prefer ksh88 syntax for cross-platform portability. This includes using "cat" where necessary.

What O/S do you have where "test -e" works in ksh?
Hi Methyl.

AIX and Solaris 8 (it doesn't get much more ksh88 than on Solaris 8!)
 

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Gnome2::Canvas::RichText(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			     Gnome2::Canvas::RichText(3pm)

NAME
Gnome2::Canvas::RichText - Rich text canvas item HIERARCHY
Glib::Object +----Glib::InitiallyUnowned +----Gtk2::Object +----Gnome2::Canvas::Item +----Gnome2::Canvas::RichText METHODS
textbuffer = $text->get_buffer $text->set_buffer ($buffer) o $buffer (Gtk2::TextBuffer) $text->copy_clipboard $text->cut_clipboard textiter = $text->get_iter_at_location ($x, $y) o $x (integer) o $y (integer) rectangle = $text->get_iter_location ($iter) o $iter (Gtk2::TextIter) $text->paste_clipboard PROPERTIES
'anchor' (Gtk2::AnchorType : default "north-west" : readable / writable) Anchor point for text 'cursor-blink' (boolean : default true : readable / writable) Does the cursor blink in this rich text item? 'cursor-visible' (boolean : default true : readable / writable) Is the cursor visible in this rich text item? 'direction' (Gtk2::DirectionType : default "tab-backward" : readable / writable) Text direction 'editable' (boolean : default true : readable / writable) Is this rich text item editable? 'grow-height' (boolean : default false : readable / writable) Should the text box height grow if the text does not fit? 'height' (double : default 0 : readable / writable) Height for text box 'indent' (integer : default 0 : readable / writable) Number of pixels for indentation 'justification' (Gtk2::Justification : default "left" : readable / writable) Justification mode 'left-margin' (integer : default 0 : readable / writable) Number of pixels in the left margin 'pixels-above-lines' (integer : default 0 : readable / writable) Number of pixels to put above lines 'pixels-below-lines' (integer : default 0 : readable / writable) Number of pixels to put below lines 'pixels-inside-wrap' (integer : default 0 : readable / writable) Number of pixels to put inside the wrap 'right-margin' (integer : default 0 : readable / writable) Number of pixels in the right margin 'text' (string : default undef : readable / writable) Text to display 'visible' (boolean : default true : readable / writable) Is this rich text item visible? 'width' (double : default 0 : readable / writable) Width for text box 'wrap-mode' (Gtk2::WrapMode : default "word" : readable / writable) Wrap mode for multiline text 'x' (double : default 0 : readable / writable) X position 'y' (double : default 0 : readable / writable) Y position SIGNALS
tag-changed (Gnome2::Canvas::RichText, Glib::Object) ENUMS AND FLAGS
enum Gtk2::AnchorType o 'center' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_CENTER' o 'north' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_NORTH' o 'north-west' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_NORTH_WEST' o 'north-east' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_NORTH_EAST' o 'south' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_SOUTH' o 'south-west' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_SOUTH_WEST' o 'south-east' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_SOUTH_EAST' o 'west' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_WEST' o 'east' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_EAST' o 'n' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_N' o 'nw' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_NW' o 'ne' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_NE' o 's' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_S' o 'sw' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_SW' o 'se' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_SE' o 'w' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_W' o 'e' / 'GTK_ANCHOR_E' enum Gtk2::DirectionType o 'tab-forward' / 'GTK_DIR_TAB_FORWARD' o 'tab-backward' / 'GTK_DIR_TAB_BACKWARD' o 'up' / 'GTK_DIR_UP' o 'down' / 'GTK_DIR_DOWN' o 'left' / 'GTK_DIR_LEFT' o 'right' / 'GTK_DIR_RIGHT' enum Gtk2::Justification o 'left' / 'GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT' o 'right' / 'GTK_JUSTIFY_RIGHT' o 'center' / 'GTK_JUSTIFY_CENTER' o 'fill' / 'GTK_JUSTIFY_FILL' enum Gtk2::WrapMode o 'none' / 'GTK_WRAP_NONE' o 'char' / 'GTK_WRAP_CHAR' o 'word' / 'GTK_WRAP_WORD' o 'word-char' / 'GTK_WRAP_WORD_CHAR' SEE ALSO
Gnome2::Canvas, Glib::Object, Glib::InitiallyUnowned, Gtk2::Object, Gnome2::Canvas::Item COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003-2004 by the Gtk2-Perl Team. This software is licensed under the LGPL; see Gnome2::Canvas for a full notice. perl v5.14.2 2011-11-16 Gnome2::Canvas::RichText(3pm)
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