This ought to be pretty simple (or at least I thought so). I'm looking at the example in _Perl in a Nutshell_, page 575. It says: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use Tk;
my $mw = MainWindow->new;
$mw->Button (-text => "Hello World!", -command => sub {exit})->pack;
MainLoop;

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And this is fine. The problem is that I seek not to exit the program (the command says 'exit'), but rather to return from 'MainLoop' so I can do something else. It is possible that I could have several instances of code like this, and I'd rather not keep going thru memory with wierd returns from code (shades of 'goto'). If I make the command executed by the button just 'return', I'll just return and await the next event (another button press!). Does Perl/Tk have something that will cause 'MainLoop' to return to its caller. The documentation is a bit vague on this point! Thanks.

In reply to Perl Tk-How to return from 'MainLoop' by herby1620

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