I looked for an answer to this before posting, but I am not sure exactly what it is called that I am trying to do. I am writting a program using Tk. I would like to pass some of the Tk functions to packaged subroutines in a seperate .pm file, rather than putting everything in my main program. I am having a hard time passing a widget that was created in the main program into the .pm package. In the following code example, I would like to take the "subbie_1" subroutine and place it in a seperate .pm file. (I know I have to add all the handeling in the beginning I.E. require Exporter, etc). I just wanted to give an example of my problem. 
use Tk;

# Main Window
my $mw = new MainWindow;

#GUI Building Area
my $frm_name = $mw -> Frame()->pack();
my $lab = $frm_name -> Label(-text=>"Name:")->pack(-side=>'left');
my $ent = $frm_name -> Entry(-textvariable=>\$entry_var)->pack();

$ent->bind('<Return>'=> \&subbie_1);


#Text Area
my $textarea = $mw -> Frame()->pack();
my $txt = $textarea -> Text(-width=>40, -height=>10)->pack();


MainLoop();




sub subbie_1
{
    $txt->insert('end', "$entry_var\n");
}

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How do I pass the $txt widget into a subroutine that is outside of the main program (seperate .pm file) so that I can call $txt->insert? My knowledge of Perl is still novice, so please be nice in responding. I have set up subroutines in the past, with little or no problem. However, I can't seem to get it to work with Tk. Thoughts?

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