Yes that appears to be what I am looking for. Here is some code I will be applying this to: 
sub open {
   my $browse = $t->getOpenFile(-title => "Browse For A File!");
   if ($browse ne "") {
      $t->delete("1.0", "end");
      if (!open(TARGET, "$browse")) {
         $info = "Error!";
         $t->insert("end", "ERROR: Could not open $browse\n"); 
         return; 
      }
      #$line_count = 1;
      $filename = $browse;
      $info = "Loading file '$filename'...";
      while (<TARGET>) {
         #$t->insert("end", "$line_count ");
         $t->insert("end", $_);
         $line_count++; 
      }
      close(TARGET);
      $info = "File '$filename' loaded";
   }else{
      if (!$filename) {
         $info = "Error!";
         $t->delete("1.0", "end");
         $t->insert("end", "ERROR: Could not open $browse\n");
         return;
      }else{
         return;
      }
   }
}

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I want to incorporate the coloring of the text while the file is being parsed during opening. As of now I am using $_ to insert each line while traversing the while loop. If I wanted to color specific words ine ach line would I have to parse each line further into each word? From what I read on your link from CPAN was that you have to designate certain words to certain colors. 
  use Term::ANSIColor; 
  $red = color('red');  # Retrieve color codes
  $bold = color('bold');
  $wid->insert('end', "$red red text $bold with bold\n");

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Here I would designate "red text" as being red by assigning $red to it in front of the target text. In my implementation now I would have to use something like: 
$wid->insert("end", $red $_);

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which would color the entire line. ANy suggestion on how to parse the file down to word level and still insert correctly?

In reply to Re: Re: Coloring text using TK? by Elijah
in thread Coloring text using TK? by Elijah

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