X::Osd 0.7

X::Osd is a Perl extension to the X On Screen Display library (xosd).

SYNOPSIS

use X::Osd;
my $osd = X::Osd->new(NULL, 2);
$osd->set_font("-*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-*-25-*-*-*-*-*-*");
$osd->set_colour("Green");
$osd->set_timeout(3);
$osd->set_pos(XOSD_top);
$osd->set_align(XOSD_right);
$osd->set_horizontal_offset(0);
$osd->set_vertical_offset(10);
$osd->set_shadow_offset(2);

$osd->string(0,Hello World!);
$osd->percentage(0,56);
$osd->slider(0,34);

XOSD displays text on your screen, sounds simple right? The difference is it is unmanaged and shaped, so it appears transparent. This gives the effect of an On Screen Display, like your TV/VCR etc..

It currently supports 3 type of writes, string for simple text, printf formatted text, slider and percentage display.