$text = $frame->Scrolled ( 'ROText', -scrollbars => 'oe', -font => 'courier 10 normal', -background => 'ivory', -foreground => 'blue3', -width => 120, -height => 40, )->pack( -side => 'top', -fill => 'both', -expand => 1, ); $cmnd = "pod2text --color --loose $0 | "; if ( ! open (POD, $cmnd)) { die "\nError in $cmnd ($!)"; } while (my $msg=) { $text->insert ('end', $msg, 'txt'); } close POD;