Hello,
I need to build a special server with a GUI, running on *nix and win32 (and maybe the mac). The server I made is working fine. The problem is the GUI. I started with Perl/Tk, but there are some difficulties with the events: the data from the different clients (on different threads) producing single-line messages must be shown on the GUI. The messages must be clickable/selectable to display additional information. Using wxWidgets might be a better option, but I have absolutely no experience with wx and not much time to learn it. Can anyone give me advice on how build a rapid prototype, with the possibility to "get it right/nice"?

Thanks for any help. F.

update: thank you all very much for the advice and *the code*! I will give it all a try.

Edited by Arunbear: Changed title from 'which GUI?', as per Monastery guidelines

In reply to GUI with clickable/selectable single-line messages by fcvw

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