Hi, in the past, there was an attempt to make a web-browser addon that would run Tk in a Browser, like Java, it was called the PerlPlus Plugin, but it's a security nightmare since Perl and Tk can access the whole filesystem.

So the next best thing, for over-the-internet-usage would be to run it via ssh. SSH has an option on the server to export the X session to the remote client. This works very well but has many drawbacks, such as
(1) your server must run with an X server going, which is not considered safe for large servers
(2)you have to allow your clients to have ssh access. If there are too many, it will bog things down, plus it's not easy for clients to setup.
(3)it's not browser based

Other than that, you will probably need to use javascript, css, and cgi to put together a similar page which a browser can use.

If it is just a handful of trusted clients, and you have control over your server so as to run an X-server, ssh is not a bad option. It would be similar to the VNC as mentioned by InfiniteSilence above.

It would be great if someone can develop a chopped down version of Perl, suitable to work as a browser plugin, much like the Java plugin.

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In reply to Re: Converting Tk based Perl to be used on the Interent by zentara
in thread Converting Tk based Perl to be used on the Interent by merrymonk

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