Re^2: ActiveState PPM, no Tk present

I know there's no Tk. But ... there is Tkx instead, which provides a wrapper between Perl and genuine Tcl-Tk.

Tk is available from both http://code.activestate.com/ppm/Tk/ and http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/Tk.ppd

Obviously using Tkx will be easier for new development, as there are some minor differences. But porting an existing program to Tkx might not be too taxing.

Obiously you've never used Tkx :)

Did you know Tk is available via ppm? so there is absolutely no reason to learn Tkx. Tkx is the worst possible option

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Re^3: ActiveState PPM, no Tk present by Dumu (Monk) on Apr 07, 2015 at 11:15 UTC
Great, I shall try beautiful Perl/Tk for an upcoming project. Thanks! I still think Tkx was a good idea, but I've an open mind.	[reply]
Re^4: ActiveState PPM, no Tk present by Anonymous Monk on Apr 07, 2015 at 23:00 UTC
I still think Tkx was a good idea, but I've an open mind. On both ends? :) See Tcl::Tk -- gisle worked on this as well, its much better in all respects than Tkx. Tcl::pTk is even more better.	[reply]
Re^5: ActiveState PPM, no Tk present by Dumu (Monk) on Apr 08, 2015 at 08:26 UTC
Thank you. I shall look at this. The TkDocs website makes Tkx look like the best solution. But I had trouble trying to utilise the MainLoop to do what I wanted. The Tcl docs at www.tcl.tk were a bit opaque on the subject. I think that the fusion of Tcl and Tk with Perl hold great promise for Perl programmers. I want to see many more Perl GUI programs. I don't understand why so many Perl programmers are anti-GUI. Why can't Perl be the best at everything, not just at command line scripts?	[reply]
Re^6: ActiveState PPM, no Tk present by Anonymous Monk on Apr 08, 2015 at 08:32 UTC
Re^7: ActiveState PPM, no Tk present by Dumu (Monk) on Apr 08, 2015 at 09:03 UTC
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Re^6: ActiveState PPM, no Tk present by afoken (Chancellor) on Apr 08, 2015 at 09:29 UTC