A super simple scrolling marquee can be made with

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Tk;
use strict;
my $text = 'Hello World !!    ';
my $mw = tkinit;
$mw->geometry('+200+200');
$mw->overrideredirect(1);

my $label = $mw->Label(
    -textvariable=>\$text,
    -font=>'courier',
    -bg=>'green',
    -bd=>4,
    -relief=>'ridge'
     )->pack(-fill=>'both');

$label->bind('<ButtonRelease>',sub{$mw->destroy});

# a simple regex that is hard to explain :-)  # a clever trick
$mw->repeat(60,[sub{$text=~s/(.)(.*)/$2$1/;}]);

MainLoop;
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but here is how you would do my canvas example, and you can adjust spacing and speed as desired. One thing to watch for, is the juggling of the repeat rate, and distance moved. Too fast a repeat rate may cause slow machines to jitter, so slow repeat rate and increase each y move until a smooth flow is attained.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Tk;

my $mw = MainWindow->new();

$mw->geometry($mw->screenwidth . 'x' .
              $mw->screenheight );

$mw->title("Scrolling text ----- Click to exit");

my $canvas = $mw->Canvas(
    -height     => $mw->screenheight,
    -width      => $mw->screenwidth,
    -background => 'black',
    -relief     => 'raised'
)->pack();

$mw->fontCreate(
    "fonta",
    -family => 'arial',
    -size   => -30,
    -weight => 'bold'
);

my $adjust;
while (<DATA>){
  chomp;
  $adjust += 50;
  $canvas->createText(50,$mw->screenheight + $adjust,
         -text   => $_,
         -fill   =>'hotpink',
         -anchor => 'nw',
         -font   => 'fonta',
         -tags  => ['mover'],
         );
  
  
}

$mw->bind( '<ButtonPress-1>', sub { exit; } );

my ($x1,$y1,$x2,$y2) =  $canvas->bbox('mover');
my $y2_init = $y2; #save original offset
print "$y2_init\n";

my $id = $mw->repeat(20, \&mover);

MainLoop;

sub mover { 
  $canvas->move('mover', 0, -1);
  my ($x1,$y1,$x2,$y2) =  $canvas->bbox('mover');
  print "$x1 $y1 $x2 $y2\n";

  # reset
  if ($y2 < 0){ $canvas->move('mover', 0, $y2_init)  } 

}


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the evil lord of the Microsith, Darth Bill, was
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to take complete control over all motherboards in
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It was during this monstrous conspiracy, that Prince
Linus had the revelations from the Force, to create
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In a fortunate turn of fate, a young Jedi named Larry,
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Our story begins.............
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