use lib
qw(/home1/gbartels/textlist);
use Tk
::TextReindex
qw(Tk::ROText ROTextReindex);
$w=$mw->ROTextReindex()->pack(-side
=> "top");
$t=$mw->Label(-textvariable
=> \
$idx)->pack(-side
=> "bottom");
$w->bind('<Key>',sub{$idx=$w->index("insert")});
$w->insert('end',"abcd\n");
$w->insert('end',"efgh\n");
$w->insert('end',"mnop\n");
$w->insert('end',"qrst\n");
$w->insert('end',"uvwx\n");
$w->insert('2.0',"ijkl\n");
my $string = $w->get('4.0');
my $result = "reading index 4.0 : expect string to equal >q<, actual value is $string \n";
$w->insert('end',$result);