Re: Perl GUI (2013)

In the past year I've become a fan of Tkx. While the Tk module builds on increasingly out of date code that was ripped from the belly of tcl, Tkx actually uses tcl under the hood, buying you easy cross platform support that pays attention to the current OS's styling, if you use the modern 'ttk' widgets. It's also as up to date as your tcl install.

I've used it with OSX/perlbrew, Linux, Windows/Activestate & Windows/Strawberry.

TJD

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Re^2: Perl GUI (2013) by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Aug 06, 2013 at 03:29 UTC
Please allow me to vent! Tkx may be an excelent choice for person who already knows tcl. It is probably a good choice for a person's first perl graphichs module. However, for those of us who learned Tk without any knowledge or interest in tcl, the loss of Tk from ActiveState is a disaster. All existing applications are broken. There are no guidlines for converting them to Tkx. (To be fair, this could be cited as a good reason to avoid Perl/Tk for new applications.) Bill	[reply]
Re^3: Perl GUI (2013) by Anonymous Monk on Aug 06, 2013 at 07:06 UTC
Please allow me to vent! * frustrated by own confusion * So ActiveState no longer includes Tk inside, this isn't a reason to switch to Tkx. Get it from http://code.activestate.com/ppm/Tk or http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppmdir.html or ...How to install CPAN modules into ActivePerl Re: TclTk interface with Perl code, is it possible? (:Choices breed complications :), Re^5: pp with gui (tk tutorial links)	[reply]
Re^4: Perl GUI (2013) by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Aug 06, 2013 at 15:13 UTC
Thanks for the links. That is exactly what I have been looking for. Bill	[reply]


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