Tk::Knob?

2016-07-20 Thread Luis Mochan
I made a module that implements a knob that may be rotated continuously and indefinitily clockwise or anticlockwise, as an addition to the controls (such as Tk::Scale) I found in the Tk package. I'm considering uploading it to CPAN but I don't know how to name it. I think it may be called Tk::Knob,

Re: Tk::Knob?

2016-07-20 Thread Lars Dɪᴇᴄᴋᴏᴡ 迪拉斯
I suggest to use "dial", that's the word this widget is most commonly known as. Compare with Qt: pgpfR81DGoOsj.pgp Description: Digitale Signatur von OpenPGP

Re: Tk::Knob?

2016-07-20 Thread Luis Mochan
Dear Lars, Thanks for the suggestion. However, I just found that there is already a Tk::Dial widget in cpan (http://search.cpan.org/dist/Tk-Contrib/Dial.pm), but it rotates at most 3/4 of a circle. Mine is different, in that it can rotate an arbitrary number of turns. So I guess I can't use Dial.

Re: Tk::Knob?

2016-07-20 Thread David Mertens
Hello Luis, You are "allowed" to do this, sure, just like (as I believe you know) I have projects under the PDL namespace that aren't part of PDL itself, such as PDL::Graphics::Prima. Note, however, that some projects (like DBI) have policies for modules that add additional things (hence the DBIx

Re: Tk::Knob?

2016-07-20 Thread Luis Mochan
> You are "allowed" to do this, sure, just like (as I believe you know) I Hi David, Thanks! Best regards, Luis -- o W. Luis Mochán, | tel:(52)(777)329-1734 /<(*) Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM | fax: