---
name: "Log::Dispatch::Screen"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "liblog-dispatch-perl"
version: "2.71-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Log::Dispatch::Screen"
---

# Log::Dispatch::Screen(3pm)

Object for logging to the screen

## NAME

Log::Dispatch::Screen - Object for logging to the screen

## VERSION

version 2.71

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Log::Dispatch;
  my $log = Log::Dispatch->new(
      outputs => [
          [
              'Screen',
              min_level => 'debug',
              stderr    => 1,
              newline   => 1
          ]
      ],
  );
  $log->alert("I'm searching the city for sci-fi wasabi");
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module provides an object for logging to the screen (really `"STDOUT"` or `"STDERR"`).

Note that a newline will *not* be added automatically at the end of a message by default. To do that, pass `"newline => 1"`.

## CONSTRUCTOR

The constructor takes the following parameters in addition to the standard parameters documented in Log::Dispatch::Output:

- •

  stderr (0 or 1)

  Indicates whether or not logging information should go to `"STDERR"`. If false, logging information is printed to `"STDOUT"` instead.

  This defaults to true.

- •

  utf8 (0 or 1)

  If this is true, then the output will be encoded using the UTF-8 encoding. If you have *already* applied an encoding layer to the relevant filehandle, `"STDOUT"` or `"STDERR"`, then your output will end up double-encoded if this is true.

  This defaults to false.

## SUPPORT

Bugs may be submitted at \<https://github.com/houseabsolute/Log-Dispatch/issues\>.

## SOURCE

The source code repository for Log-Dispatch can be found at \<https://github.com/houseabsolute/Log-Dispatch\>.

## AUTHOR

Dave Rolsky \<autarch@urth.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2023 by Dave Rolsky.

This is free software, licensed under:

```
  The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)
```

The full text of the license can be found in the *LICENSE* file included with this distribution.