Using Tk with styles and themes?

LanX has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I think I asked this before, but I can't find it in the archive and the situation might have changed in the meantime.

Am I correct that I can't use Tcl::Tk but Tkx, if I want to use styles and themes to change the appearance?

Or are there other alternatives to Tkx?

Cheers Rolf
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Re: Using Tk with styles and themes? by kcott (Archbishop) on Jul 08, 2022 at 18:48 UTC
G'day Rolf, "I think I asked this before, but I can't find it in the archive and the situation might have changed in the meantime." You're possibly thinking of "Verbose Tk Code". I installed Tk with Perl v5.36 in May. There were no "styles and themes"; my response, particularly in regards to the option database, remains current and valid. I haven't used Tkx in some years. As far as I'm aware, it still uses "styles and themes". I stopped using it due its poor Unicode support (which it gets directly from Tcl, not Perl): that may have changed or may not matter to you. I haven't used Tcl::Tk so I can't comment on that one. — Ken	[reply]
Re: Using Tk with styles and themes? by Anonymous Monk on Jul 09, 2022 at 09:49 UTC
Am I correct that I can't use Tcl::Tk but Tkx, if I want to use styles and themes to change the appearance? tkx is built using tcl::tk, all the theming work is in tcl code, tkx sucks	[reply]


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