Dear monks,

This may be a quite stupid question, but how can I use icons in a tcl GUI created with the tcl::pTk module (used to have a Tk syntax which I am familiar with). My tcl (8.5) is not the lates, and this version does not support png, as the following script demonstrates:

use strict;
use warnings;

use Tcl::pTk;

my $mw = MainWindow->new();

foreach (1..10){
my $btn = $mw->Button(
-text => "My command",
-compound => 'top',
-image => $mw->Photo(-file => 'start.png'),
);
$btn->pack(-padx => 10, -pady => 10,);
}
MainLoop;
exit(0);

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I could use gif images, but I do not think it is common practice (and I can not make them look nice). What would be standard practice here? Unfortunately I couldn't find any practical advice around that fits my case. Any suggestion is welcome. I am on macOS.

In reply to tcl::pTk GUI icons by Anonymous Monk

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