After investigating Tk::Gauge Module Borked? , I tried to see how to tie a variable to a gauge. There is a trick to it, notice how you must declare the package Tk, then include Tk::Trace in it. Then create a main package. Anyways, here is a super simple example to demonstrate it. Just wiggle your mouse. :-)
#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; #important to predeclare Tk and include Trace package Tk; use Tk::Trace; package main; use Tk; use constant PI => 3.1415926; my $mw = MainWindow->new; $mw->fontCreate('medium', -family=>'courier', -weight=>'bold', -size=>int(-14*14/10)); my $c = $mw->Canvas( -width => 200, -height => 110, -bd => 2, -relief => 'sunken', -background => 'black', )->pack; $c->createLine(100,100,10,100, -tags => ['needle'], -arrow => 'last', -width => 5, -fill => 'hotpink', ); my $gauge = $c->createArc( 10,10, 190,190, -start => 0, -style => 'arc', -width => 5, -extent => 180, -outline => 'skyblue', -tags => ['gauge'], ); my $hub = $c->createArc( 90,95, 110,115, -start => 0, -extent => 180, -fill => 'lightgreen', -tags => ['hub'], ); my $v = 0; $mw->traceVariable(\$v, 'w' => [\&update_meter]); $mw->bind('<Motion>' => sub{ $v += 1 }); $mw->repeat(50,sub{ $v-- }); my $text = $c->createText( 100,50, -text => $v, -font => 'medium', -fill => 'yellow', -anchor => 's', -tags => ['text'] ); $c->raise('needle','text'); $c->raise('hub','needle'); MainLoop; sub update_meter { my($index, $value) = @_; if($value <= 0){$value = 0 } if($value >= 100){$value = 100} my $pos = $value / 100; my $x = 100.0 - 90.0 * (cos( $pos * PI )); my $y = 100.0 - 90.0 * (sin( $pos * PI )); $c->coords('needle', 100,100, $x, $y); $c->itemconfigure($text,-text => $value); return $value; }

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