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- # Copyright (c) 1990-1994 The Regents of the University of California.
- # Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- # See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
- # of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
- #
- #
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- Tk::Error - Method invoked to process background errors
-
- =for category Binding Events and Callbacks
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- Customization:
-
- require Tk::ErrorDialog;
-
- or
-
- sub Tk::Error
- {
- my ($widget,$error,@locations) = @_;
- ...
-
- }
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- The B<Tk::Error> method is invoked by perl/Tk when a background
- error occurs. Two possible implementations are provided in the
- distribution and individual applications or users can (re)define a B<Tk::Error>
- method (e.g. as a perl sub) if they wish to handle background
- errors in some other manner.
-
- A background error is one that occurs in a command that didn't
- originate with the application. For example, if an error occurs
- while executing a L<callback|Tk::callbacks> specified with a
- L<bind|Tk::bind> or a L<after|Tk::after>
- command, then it is a background error. For a non-background error,
- the error can simply be returned up through nested subroutines
- until it reaches the top-level code in the application;
- then the application can report the error in whatever way it
- wishes. When a background error occurs, the unwinding ends in
- the Tk library and there is no obvious way for Tk to report
- the error.
-
- When Tk detects a background error, it saves information about the
- error and invokes the B<Tk::Error> method later when Tk is idle.
-
- B<Tk::Error> is invoked by perl/Tk as if by the perl code:
-
- S< >I<$mainwindow>-E<gt>B<Tk::Error>(I<"error message">, I<location ...>);
-
- I<$mainwindow> is the B<MainWindow> associated with widget which
- detected the error, I<"error message"> is a string describing the error
- that has been detected, I<location> is a list of one or more "locations"
- which describe the call sequence at the point the error was detected.
-
- The locations are a typically a mixture of perl location reports giving
- script name and line number, and simple strings describing locations in
- core Tk or perl/Tk C code.
-
- Tk will ignore any result returned by the B<Tk::Error> method.
- If another error occurs within the B<Tk::Error> method
- (for example if it calls B<die>) then Tk reports this error
- itself by writing a message to stderr (this is to avoid infinite loops
- due to any bugs in B<Tk::Error>).
-
- If several background errors accumulate before B<Tk::Error>
- is invoked to process them, B<Tk::Error> will be invoked once
- for each error, in the order they occurred.
- However, if B<Tk::Error> calls B<Tk-E<gt>break>, then
- any remaining errors are skipped without calling B<Tk::Error>.
-
- The B<Tk> module includes a default B<Tk::Error> subroutine
- that simply reports the error on stderr.
-
- =head1 Tk::ErrorDialog
-
- An alternate definition is provided via:
-
- S< >C<require Tk::ErrorDialog;>
-
- that posts a dialog box containing the error message and offers
- the user a chance to see a stack trace showing where the
- error occurred.
-
- This is an OO implementation of the Tcl/Tk command B<bgerror>, with a
- twist: since there is only one B<ErrorDialog> widget, you aren't required
- to invoke the constructor to create it; it will be created
- automatically when the first background error occurs. However, in
- order to configure the I<-cleanupcode> and I<-appendtraceback>
- B<ErrorDialog> options you must call the constructor and create it
- manually.
-
- The B<ErrorDialog> object essentially consists of two subwidgets: a
- B<Dialog> widget to display the background error and a B<Text> widget
- for the traceback information. If required, you can invoke various
- widget methods to customize these subwidgets - their advertised names
- are described below.
-
- S< >I<$mw>-E<gt>B<ErrorDialog>(-cleanupcode => I<code>, -appendtraceback => I<bool>);
-
- $mw is a window reference.
-
- I<code> is a CODE reference if special post-background error
- processing is required (default is undefined). The callback subroutine
- is called with @_ having the same arguments that B<Tk::Error> was
- invoked with.
-
- I<bool> is a boolean indicating whether or not to append successive
- tracebacks (default is 1, do append).
-
- =head2 Advertised ErrorDialog widgets
-
- I<error_dialog> is the Dialog widget reference.
-
- I<text> is the Text widget reference containing the traceback information.
-
- =head1 BUGS
-
- If B<after> or B<fileevent> are not invoked as methods of a widget
- then perl/Tk is unable to provide a I<$mainwindow> argument.
- To support such code from earlier versions of perl/Tk
- perl/Tk therefore calls B<Tk::Error> with string 'Tk' instead:
- B<Tk-E<gt>Tk::Error\(...\)>.
- In this case the B<Tk::Error> in B<Tk::ErrorDialog> and similar
- implementations cannot "popup" a window as they don't know which display
- to use. A mechanism to supply I<the> B<MainWindow> in applications
- which only have one (a very common case) should be provided.
-
- =head1 SEE ALSO
-
- L<Tk::bind|Tk::bind>
- L<Tk::after|Tk::after>
- L<Tk::fileevent|Tk::fileevent>
-
- =head1 KEYWORDS
-
- background error, reporting
-
- =cut
-
-