Re^6: embedding xterm in perl/tk window

Unfortunately I can't edit the programs (I cannot distribute the edited ones etc) plus they are not very user-friendly. They have interactive and non-interactive responses depending on what function they perform, how they are invoked (with what parameters, data etc).

I am trying to make a user friendly interface, thats why I thought of embedding the terminal, to have a more integrated look.

Anyway I'm going to let xterm float. Thanks for the help.

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Re^7: embedding xterm in perl/tk window by graff (Chancellor) on Oct 08, 2007 at 13:14 UTC
You might look at Expect instead. If the goal is to make things easier for the user, even in the face of stubbornly hard-to-use tools, running those tools via Expect will let you mediate the dialog in ways that can really make things easier for the user.	[reply]
Re^8: embedding xterm in perl/tk window by diamantis (Beadle) on Oct 08, 2007 at 17:48 UTC
Expect would probably handle it better, but the end-user should have to know how to install expect to his/her system. I am trying to make it as simple as possible since it is going to be used from people that do not have to know to much about computers	[reply]