Using Qt/Perl (Zaurus) Recommendations

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

I was wondering if anyone had any experience using Perl with the Qt GUI manager. I just got a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 and as soon as I get everything up and running, the first thing I want to do is to start writing apps in Perl. How do the two two mix? I've found some articles that said it was buggy but they referred to older versions. I'd much rather use Perl than brush up my C++ if at all possible. If anyone has any pointers, recommendations or resources, I'd be happy to hear them.

Thanks,
-Lee

"To be civilized is to deny one's nature."

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Re: Using Qt/Perl (Zaurus) Recommendations by Juerd (Abbot) on Apr 17, 2003 at 20:24 UTC
I was wondering if anyone had any experience using Perl with the Qt GUI manager. Yes. First, let me mention that the version on CPAN is an old one and a much newer is available from the perlqt website. This is enough reason for me to not use it. I did try to install it, though. But I gave up after 12 hours of compiling wrappers around every imaginable Qt function. I just got a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 and as soon as I get everything up and running, the first thing I want to do is to start writing apps in Perl. I don't know if perlqt will work with Qtopia. I'd much rather use Perl than brush up my C++ if at all possible. Why not create text applications? Or even web based applications? After all, the Zaurus does run Apache. If you want to control the buzzer, leds, etcetera, have a look at http://docs.zaurus.com/, but I guess you already went there. When I get a Zaurus of my own, I will probably make some modules to make these things easier. If nobody beats me to it, that is :) Juerd - http://juerd.nl/ - spamcollector_perlmonks@juerd.nl (do not use).	[reply]
Re: Re: Using Qt/Perl (Zaurus) Recommendations by shotgunefx (Parson) on Apr 17, 2003 at 20:42 UTC
I was thinking the web app route myself. I do it all day long so the learning curve should hopefully be flat. It's seems a much easier cycle, though I was thinking that there might be some aspects of interface operation that will be unaccessible. I was looking at the Docs for the Qt 3.x on CPAN and it does look very, very complicated. Which is what prompted me to ask this. I'm waiting on a SprintPCS CF modem right now. (Up to 144Kb) If can do half of what I want, it will indeed by worthwhile. A few of the things I'd like to accomplish in no particular order. Network Monitoring Apps so I can extend the tether from work. OBD-II connection and slick digital Dash & Diagnostics (Apache route may not work well for this) GPS and Mapping. -Lee "To be civilized is to deny one's nature."	[reply]