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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/Tk/IO.pod b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/Tk/IO.pod deleted file mode 100644 index 2781d2e17e6..00000000000 --- a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/Tk/IO.pod +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ - -=head1 NAME - -Tk::IO - high level interface to Tk's 'fileevent' mechanism - -=for pm IO/IO.pm - -=for category Binding Events and Callbacks - -=head1 SYNOPSIS - - my $fh = Tk::IO->new(-linecommand => callback, -childcommand => callback); - $fh->exec("command") - $fh->wait - $fh->kill - -=head1 WARNING - -INTERFACES TO THIS MODULE MAY CHANGE AS PERL'S IO EVOLVES -AND WITH PORT OF TK4.1 - -=head1 DESCRIPTION - -Tk::IO is now layered on perl's IO::Handle class. Interfaces -have changed, and are still evolving. - -In theory C methods which enable non-blocking IO as in earlier Tk-b* -release(s) are still there. I have not changed them to use perl's -additional Configure information, or tested them much. - -Assumption is that B<exec> is -used to fork a child process and a callback is called each time a -complete line arrives up the implied pipe. - -"line" should probably be defined in terms of perl's input record -separator but is not yet. - -The -childcommand callback is called when end-of-file occurs. - -$fh->B<wait> can be used to wait for child process while processing -other Tk events. - -$fh->B<kill> can be used to send signal to child process. - -=head1 BUGS - -Still not finished. -Idea is to use "exec" to emulate "system" in a non-blocking manner. - -=cut - |